Wearable Self-Powered Diaper-Shaped Urinary-Incontinence Sensor Suppressing Response-Time Variation with 0.3 v Start-Up Converter

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 3472-3479

  Tanaka, Ami ^a   Utsunomiya, Fumiyasu ^b,c   Douseki, Takakuni ^a  

^a RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intermittent operation; Self powered; Ultralow voltage start up converter; Urine activated battery; Wearable; Wireless sensor

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; CAPACITANCE; CAPACITORS; CARBON; CHARGING (BATTERIES); DELAY CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRODES; POWER SUPPLY CIRCUITS; RECONFIGURABLE HARDWARE; SECONDARY BATTERIES; STORAGE (MATERIALS); UROLOGY; WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY;

INTERMITTENT OPERATION; SELF-POWERED; UP-CONVERTER; URINE-ACTIVATED BATTERY; WEARABLE; WIRELESS SENSOR;

WEARABLE SENSORS;

EID: 84963893735     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2015.2483900     Document Type: Article

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