Title :
Optical power-scavenging system for fluidic microsensors
Author :
Supino, R. ; Talghader, J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis, MN
Abstract :
An extremely compact optical power-scavenging system is presented providing onboard power for an autonomous remote metal-ion sensor. The total volume of the sensor system including power supply is below 0.046 mm3 and with a short circuit current of 0.51 muA under sunlight conditions. To the authors´ knowledge this is the smallest autonomous micromachined power supply and device ever built
Keywords :
micro-optics; microfluidics; microsensors; solar cells; 0.51 muA; autonomous micromachined power supply; autonomous remote metal-ion sensor; compact optical power-scavenging system; fluidic microsensors; short circuit current; solar cells; Electrodes; Fluidic microsystems; Intelligent sensors; Microfluidics; Microsensors; Optical sensors; Photovoltaic cells; Power supplies; Sensor arrays; Sensor systems;
Conference_Titel :
Optical MEMS and Their Applications Conference, 2005. IEEE/LEOS International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Oulu
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9278-7
DOI :
10.1109/OMEMS.2005.1540086
