System design principles combining sub-threshold circuits and architectures with energy scavenging mechanisms

ISCAS 2010 - 2010 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems: Nano-Bio Circuit Fabrics and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 269-272

  Calhoun, Benton H ^a   Khanna, Sudhanshu ^a   Zhang, Yanqing ^a   Ryan, Joseph ^a   Otis, Brian ^b  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN DECISIONS; ENERGY HARVESTING SYSTEMS; ENERGY SCAVENGING; POWER HARVESTING; PRACTICAL ISSUES; SUBTHRESHOLD; SYSTEM DESIGN; SYSTEM-LEVEL MODELS; ULTRA LOW POWER; VOLTAGE SELECTION;

DESIGN; FABRICS; HARVESTING; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; THRESHOLD ELEMENTS;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 77956005867     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISCAS.2010.5537887     Document Type: Conference Paper

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