An ultra-low power CMOS image sensor with on-chip energy harvesting and power management capability

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 5531-5554

  Cevik, Ismail ^a   Huang, Xiwei ^b   Yu, Hao ^c   Yan, Mei ^c   Ay, Suat U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b HANGZHOU DIANZI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

CMOS image sensor; Energy harvesting; MPPT; Power management; Ultra low power

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DIGITAL CAMERAS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY HARVESTING; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; IMAGE SENSORS; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKERS; POWER MANAGEMENT; SOLAR ENERGY;

CMOS IMAGE SENSOR; MANAGEMENT CAPABILITIES; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING; MPPT; POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; TOTAL POWER CONSUMPTION; ULTRA LOW POWER; ULTRA-LOW POWER DESIGN;

PIXELS;

EID: 84928680913     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s150305531     Document Type: Article

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