Using thermoelectric energy harvesting to power a self-sustaining temperature sensor in body area networks

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 787-792

  Kappel, Robert ^a   Pachler, Walther ^a   Auer, Mario ^a   Pribyl, Wolfgang ^a   Hofer, Günter ^b   Holweg, Gerald ^b  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA AG   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE AREA; AUTOMATIC FREQUENCY; BODY AREA NETWORK; DUTY-CYCLE; SUB-THRESHOLD REGIONS; THERMOELECTRIC ENERGY; WIRELESS SENSOR NODE;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); SENSOR NODES; SENSORS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 84877612523     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICIT.2013.6505772     Document Type: Conference Paper

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