Title :
A 10.6mm3 fully-integrated, wireless sensor node with 8GHz UWB transmitter
Author :
Hyeongseok Kim ; Gyouho Kim ; Yoonmyung Lee ; Zhiyoong Foo ; Sylvester, Dennis ; Blaauw, David ; Wentzloff, David
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents a complete, autonomous, wireless temperature sensor, fully encapsulated in a 10.6mm3 volume. The sensor includes solar energy harvesting with an integrated 2 μAh battery, optical receiver for programming, microcontroller and memory, 8GHz UWB transmitter, and miniaturized custom antennas with a wireless range of 7 meters. Full, stand-alone operation was demonstrated for the first time for a system of this size and functionality.
Keywords :
energy harvesting; microcontrollers; microwave antennas; optical receivers; radio transmitters; solar energy conversion; temperature sensors; ultra wideband communication; UWB transmitter; custom antenna miniaturization; frequency 8 GHz; fully-integrated wireless temperature sensor node; optical receiver; solar energy harvesting; Batteries; Dipole antennas; Radio transmitters; Transmitting antennas; Ultra wideband antennas; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
VLSI Circuits (VLSI Circuits), 2015 Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
Print_ISBN :
978-4-86348-502-0
DOI :
10.1109/VLSIC.2015.7231258
