Title :
Human++: Wireless autonomous sensor technology for body area networks
Author :
Pop, Valer ; de Francisco, R. ; Pflug, H. ; Santana, J. ; Visser, H. ; Vullers, R. ; de Groot, H. ; Gyselinckx, B.
Author_Institution :
Micropower, Imec/Holst Centre, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Abstract :
Recent advances in ultra-low-power circuits and energy harvesters are making self-powered body wireless autonomous transducer solutions (WATS) a reality. Power optimization at the system and application level is crucial in achieving ultra-low-power consumption for the entire system. This paper deals with innovative WATS modeling techniques, and illustrates their impact on the case of autonomous wireless ElectroCardioGram monitoring. The results show the effectiveness of our power optimization approach for improving the WATS autonomy.
Keywords :
body area networks; energy harvesting; low-power electronics; optimisation; transducers; wireless sensor networks; WATS; body area networks; energy harvesting; optimization; ultra-low-power circuits; wireless ElectroCardioGram monitoring; wireless autonomous transducer solutions; wireless sensor networks; Electrocardiography; Integrated circuit modeling; Power demand; Radio frequency; Voltage measurement; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC), 2011 16th Asia and South Pacific
Conference_Location :
Yokohama
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7515-5
DOI :
10.1109/ASPDAC.2011.5722253
