Renewable energy microsystems integrated in maintenance-free wearable and textile-based devices: The capabilities and challenges

Author

Leonov, Vladimir ; Torfs, Tom ; Vullers, Ruud J M ; Su, J. ; Van Hoof, Chris

Author_Institution

Interuniversity Microelectron. Center (IMEC), Leuven, Belgium

fYear

2010

fDate

14-17 March 2010

Firstpage

967

Lastpage

972

Abstract

The capabilities of unobtrusive renewable energy systems in wearable medical sensors and those integrated into a piece of clothing are discussed. Their performance characteristics are evaluated and experimentally confirmed. Several different wireless sensors have been fabricated and tested on people. The experimental results are reported. The market-oriented research on low-cost modern technologies for renewable energy systems and the related challenges are discussed.

Keywords

biomedical equipment; clothing; energy harvesting; photovoltaic cells; sensors; thermoelectric conversion; thermopiles; maintenance-free wearable devices; renewable energy microsystems; textile-based devices; unobtrusive renewable energy systems; wearable medical sensors; wireless sensors; Batteries; Biomedical monitoring; Costs; Intelligent sensors; Power supplies; Renewable energy resources; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Thermoelectricity; Wearable sensors; Wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Technology (ICIT), 2010 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Vi a del Mar

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5695-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5696-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIT.2010.5472537

Filename

5472537