Self-powered heat-sink SoC as temperature sensors with wireless interface: Design and validation

Proceedings of IEEE Sensors

Volumn 2014-December, Issue December, 2014, Pages 1575-1578

  Rizzon, Luca ^a   Rossi, Maurizio ^a   Passerone, Roberto ^a   Brunelli, Davide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT SINKS; PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS; SYSTEM-ON-CHIP; TEMPERATURE SENSORS; THERMAL MANAGEMENT (ELECTRONICS);

COMMERCIAL DEVICES; EFFICIENCY CURVES; ELECTRICAL ENERGY; SELF-POWERED SYSTEMS; SIMULATED RESULTS; THERMAL DISSIPATION; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS; WIRELESS INTERFACES;

INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN;

EID: 84931068305     PISSN: 19300395     EISSN: 21689229     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSENS.2014.6985318     Document Type: Conference Paper

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