An Energy Autonomous 400 MHz Active Wireless SAW Temperature Sensor Powered by Vibration Energy Harvesting

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 976-985

  Zhu, Yao ^a,b   Zheng, Yuanjin ^a   Gao, Yuan ^b   Made, Darmayuda I ^b   Sun, Chengliang ^b   Je, Minkyu ^c   Gu, Alex Yuandong ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS   (Singapore)

^c Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Energy autonomous; low power; power management; SAW; SAW oscillator; temperature sensor; vibration energy harvest; wireless

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURFACE WAVE DEVICES; ACOUSTIC WAVES; DC-DC CONVERTERS; ENERGY HARVESTING; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PHASE NOISE; POWER CONTROL; POWER MANAGEMENT; RADIO; RESONATORS; SAWING;

ENERGY AUTONOMOUS; ENERGY-AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS; LOW POWER; PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY HARVESTERS; SAW OSCILLATORS; SAW TEMPERATURE SENSORS; VIBRATION ENERGY HARVESTING; VIBRATION ENERGY HARVESTS;

TEMPERATURE SENSORS;

EID: 84926443344     PISSN: 15498328     EISSN: 15580806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2015.2402937     Document Type: Article

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