Ambient energy harvester design for a wireless sensor network

IEEE International Conference on Electro Information Technology

Volumn 2015-June, Issue , 2015, Pages 246-250

  Joshi, Ranjana ^a   Zhu, Jin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

solar cells; Structural health monitoring; super capacitors; wireless sensor network

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; DIGITAL STORAGE; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY HARVESTING; HARDWARE; LOW POWER ELECTRONICS; RECONFIGURABLE HARDWARE; SENSOR NODES; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING;

ENERGY HARVESTER DESIGNS; LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION; MAXIMUM POWER POINT; SELF-POWERED SYSTEMS; SUPER CAPACITOR; SUPER-CAPACITOR CHARGING; ULTRA-LOW POWER CONSUMPTION; WIRELESS SENSOR NODE;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 84975763825     PISSN: 21540357     EISSN: 21540373     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EIT.2015.7293347     Document Type: Conference Paper

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