Design and analysis of a micro-solar power for wireless sensor networks

2012 9th International Conference on Communications, COMM 2012 - Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 275-278

  Belu, Radian Radu ^a,b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

efficiency; Energy harvesting; maximum power point tracking (MPPT); solar cells; WSN

Indexed keywords

BATTERY LIFETIME; DESIGN AND ANALYSIS; ENERGY SOURCE; ENERGY SUPPLIES; HIGH POWER DENSITY; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING; OPERATIONAL LIFE; SOLAR-POWERED; STORAGE RESOURCES; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK (WSNS); WSN;

EFFICIENCY; ENERGY HARVESTING; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 84866389252     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICComm.2012.6262614     Document Type: Conference Paper

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