A modular wireless sensor platform with fully integrated battery

IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 617-626

  Martinez Catalá, Rafael Vicente ^a,b   Barrett, John ^a  

^a Munster Technological University   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Flex rigid wireless sensor node; Integrated battery; Wireless sensor networks; Wireless sensor packaging

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT BLOCKS; CIRCUIT BOARDS; COMMERCIAL OFF-THE-SHELF COMPONENTS; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENT SENSING; FLEX-RIGID WIRELESS SENSOR NODE; FULLY INTEGRATED; INTEGRATED BATTERY; SENSOR NODE ARCHITECTURE; SYSTEM PLATFORMS; VERTICAL STACKING; VERTICAL STACKS; WHOLE SYSTEMS; WIRELESS SENSOR; WIRELESS SENSOR NODE; WIRELESS SENSOR PACKAGING;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC NETWORK SYNTHESIS; GEOMETRY; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PRINTED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; ROUTING PROTOCOLS; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSOR NODES; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 70349263254     PISSN: 15213331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCAPT.2009.2014875     Document Type: Article

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