A low-cost UWB sensor node powered by a piezoelectric harvester or solar cells

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 239, Issue , 2016, Pages 127-136

  Botteron, C ^a   Briand, D ^a   Mishra, B ^a   Tasselli, G ^a   Janphuang, P ^a   Haug, F J ^a   Skrivervik, A ^a   Lockhart, R ^a   Robert, C ^a   De Rooij, N F ^a   Farine, P A ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Autonomous battery less sensor; Harvester; Piezoelectric vibrational energy; Smart building; Solar cell; Ultra wideband transmitter

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; AMORPHOUS SILICON; ANTENNAS; BROADBAND NETWORKS; CAPACITORS; CERAMIC CAPACITORS; COSTS; FERROELECTRIC CERAMICS; HARVESTERS; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; LIGHT; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; SEMICONDUCTING LEAD COMPOUNDS; SENSOR NODES; SILICON WAFERS; SOLAR CELL ARRAYS; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES; TRANSMITTERS;

BATTERY-LESS; DUAL-LAYER SUBSTRATES; LEAD ZIRCONATE TITANATE; PIEZOELECTRIC CANTILEVERS; PIEZOELECTRIC HARVESTER; ULTRA WIDEBAND TRANSMITTERS; VIBRATIONAL ENERGIES; WIRELESS SENSOR NODE;

ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

EID: 84956629601     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2016.01.011     Document Type: Article

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