A Modular 1 mm3Die-Stacked Sensing Platform with Low Power I2C Inter-Die Communication and Multi-Modal Energy Harvesting

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 229-243

  Lee, Yoonmyung ^a   Bang, Suyoung ^a   Lee, Inhee ^a   Kim, Yejoong ^a   Kim, Gyouho ^a   Ghaed, Mohammad Hassan ^a   Pannuto, Pat ^a   Dutta, Prabal ^a   Sylvester, Dennis ^a   Blaauw, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

smart dust; Ultra low power; wireless sensor node

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY HARVESTING; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; FUEL CELLS; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; POWER MANAGEMENT; SENSOR NODES; STANDBY POWER SYSTEMS;

INTER-LAYER COMMUNICATION; MULTILAYER STRUCTURES; POWER MANAGEMENT UNIT; SENSING PLATFORMS; SENSOR NODE PLATFORM; SMART DUST; ULTRA LOW POWER; WIRELESS SENSOR NODE;

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE);

EID: 84872118877     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2012.2221233     Document Type: Article

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