A kinetic energy harvester with fast start-up for wearable body-monitoring sensors

2010 4th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, Pervasive Health 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Olivo, Jacopo ^a   Brunelli, Davide ^b   Benini, Luca ^c  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS AND DESIGN; CHARGE PUMP; ELECTROMAGNETIC TRANSDUCTION; FAST START-UP; FREQUENCY RANGES; FULLY DEPLETED; HUMAN MOTIONS; HUMAN MOVEMENTS; MONITORING SENSORS; PERSONAL DEVICES; STARTUP TIME; WIRELESS SENSOR;

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; HARVESTERS; KINETIC ENERGY; OPTIMIZATION; PUMPS; SENSORS; SERVICE ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE (SOA);

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 77954401331     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2010.8814     Document Type: Conference Paper

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