Ultralow voltage nanoelectronics powered directly, and solely, from a tree

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 2-5

  Himes, Carlton ^a   Carlson, Eric ^a   Ricchiuti, Ryan J ^a   Otis, Brian P ^a   Parviz, Babak A ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioelectric phenomena; CMOSFET oscillators; DC DC power conversion; Energy resources; Power supplies; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

BIGLEAF MAPLE; BOOST CIRCUITS; CMOSFET OSCILLATORS; COMPLEX PATTERN; DC-DC POWER CONVERSION; ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL; INPUT VOLTAGES; POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE; POWER NANOELECTRONICS; POWER SUPPLIES; POWER SUPPLY; SENSOR NETWORK NODES; STAND -ALONE; TIME KEEPING; ULTRALOW VOLTAGE; VOLTAGE LEVELS;

ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; ENERGY RESOURCES; REMOTE SENSING;

NANOELECTRONICS;

EID: 75449107549     PISSN: 1536125X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2009.2032293     Document Type: Article

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