A MEMS self-powered sensor and RF transmission platform for WSN nodes

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3437-3445

  He, Cairan ^a   Kiziroglou, Michail E ^b   Yates, David C ^b   Yeatman, Eric M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS   (Singapore)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capacitive; electrostatic; energy harvesting; kick and resonate transmitter; loop antenna; microgenerator; wireless sensor network (WSN) platform

Indexed keywords

CAPACITIVE; ENERGY HARVESTER; EQUIVALENT SYSTEM; EXCITATION FREQUENCY; KICK-AND-RESONATE TRANSMITTER; MICROGENERATORS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; POWER CONDITIONING; RF TRANSMISSION; SELF-POWERED; TRANSMITTER ARCHITECTURE; WIRELESS SENSOR;

ANTENNAS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; ENERGY HARVESTING; MEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; POWER AMPLIFIERS; SENSOR NODES; TRANSMITTERS; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

SENSORS;

EID: 80555148878     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2011.2160535     Document Type: Article

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