Normally-off MCU architecture and power management method for low-power sensor network

Sensor nodes are used extensively in order to gather real-time information in the social environment and natural environment. The production volume of sensor nodes is much increased with the development of cyber-physical systems. Therefore, it becomes important how to reduce the power consumption of huge sensor nodes. In this paper, the normally-off MCU architecture and the power management method of microcontroller are discussed for low-power sensor network.