Thermal matching of a thermoelectric energy harvester with the environment and its application in wearable self-powered wireless medical sensors

15th International Workshop on Thermal Investigations of ICs and Systems, THERMINIC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 95-100

  Leonov, V ^a   Fiorini, P ^a   Torfs, T ^a   Vullers, R J M ^b   Van Hoof, C ^a  

^a IMEC   (Belgium)

^b HOLST CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; ENERGY HARVESTER; HEAT FLOWS; MEDICAL SENSORS; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF-POWERED; THERMAL ANALOGY; THERMAL MATCHING; THERMOELECTRIC CONVERTER; THERMOELECTRIC ENERGY; WIRELESS SENSOR;

ELECTRIC BATTERIES; SENSORS; TERNARY SYSTEMS; THERMOPILES;

HARVESTERS;

EID: 71749108520     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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