Smart power unit with ultra low power radio trigger capabilities for wireless sensor networks

Proceedings -Design, Automation and Test in Europe, DATE

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 75-80

  Magno, Michele ^a   Marinkovic, Stevan ^c   Brunelli, Davide ^b   Popovici, Emanuel ^c   O'Flynn, Brendan ^d   Benini, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Maximum Power Point; Multi energy harvesters; Power management circuits; Radio trigger; Solar harvester; Wake up Receiver; Wind harvester; Wireless sensor network

Indexed keywords

CHARGING (BATTERIES); ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY HARVESTING; ENERGY TRANSFER; FUEL CELLS; FUEL STORAGE; LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKERS; POWER MANAGEMENT; RADIO BROADCASTING; SENSOR NODES; WAKES; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EFFICIENT POWER MANAGEMENTS; MAXIMUM POWER POINT; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING; MULTI ENERGY; MULTI-SOURCE ENERGY HARVESTING; POWER MANAGEMENT CIRCUITS; ULTRA-LOW POWER CONSUMPTION; WAKE-UP RECEIVER;

LOW POWER ELECTRONICS;

EID: 84862113527     PISSN: 15301591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/date.2012.6176436     Document Type: Conference Paper

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