EH performance of an hybrid energy harvester for autonomous nodes

WiSNet 2016 - Proceedings, 2016 IEEE Topical Conference on Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 71-74

  Virili, M ^a   Georgiadis, A ^b   Mira, F ^b   Collado, A ^b   Alimenti, F ^a   Mezzanotte, P ^a   Roselli, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC DE TELECOMUNICACIONS DE CATALUNYA CTTC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Energy harvesting; hybrid system; rectifier; solar cell; thermo electric generator

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; DC-DC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; ENERGY HARVESTING; FREQUENCY BANDS; HYBRID SYSTEMS; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; SENSOR NETWORKS; SLOT ANTENNAS; SOLAR CELLS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

AUTONOMOUS NODES; DIFFERENT ENERGY SOURCES; ENERGY FORMS; HYBRID ENERGY; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; QUARTER-WAVELENGTH; RECTIFIER;

RECTENNAS;

EID: 84966667309     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WISNET.2016.7444325     Document Type: Conference Paper

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