Designing of efficient energy harvesting systems for autonomous WSNs using a tier model

2011 18th International Conference on Telecommunications, ICT 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 174-179

  Hörmann, Leander B ^a   Glatz, Philipp M ^a   Steger, Christian ^a   Weiss, Reinhold ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION AREA; CONTINUOUS OPERATION; DESIGN PROCESS; DOUBLE LAYER CAPACITOR; ELECTRONIC DEVICE; ENERGY HARVESTING SYSTEMS; ENERGY LEVEL; ENERGY SOURCE; FUNDAMENTAL MODES; HARVESTED ENERGY; IT STRUCTURES; MAXIMUM POWER POINT; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKER; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; SPECIAL FUNCTIONS; WATER LEVEL MONITORING;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SENSOR NODES; SOLAR ENERGY; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; WATER LEVELS;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 79960928233     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CTS.2011.5898913     Document Type: Conference Paper

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