Title :
Energy Harvesting - A Systems Perspective
Author :
Rabaey, J. ; Burghardt, F. ; Steingart, D. ; Seeman, M. ; Wright, P.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of California, Berkeley
Abstract :
Deployment of sensing devices in remote areas makes battery replacement virtually impossible, so harvesting available energy for replenishment of the supply is essential. The energy available is very small, therefore ultra low power design for both computation and communication devices is required. In the paper, we will discuss the need for a system- level approach to energy scavenging, and demonstrate how effective harvesting is possible even under demanding circumstances.
Keywords :
low-power electronics; power aware computing; power electronics; telecommunication power supplies; wireless sensor networks; communication devices; computation devices; energy harvesting; energy scavenging; power electronic component; power supply replenishment; remote area; sensing devices; ultra low power design; Batteries; Circuits; Computer architecture; Energy storage; Pervasive computing; Regulators; Reservoirs; Tires; Voltage; Wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
Electron Devices Meeting, 2007. IEDM 2007. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1507-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1508-3
DOI :
10.1109/IEDM.2007.4418947
