A batteryless wireless system uses ambient heat with a reversible-power-source compatible CMOS/SOI DC-DC converter

Author

Douseki, T. ; Yoshida, Y. ; Utsunomiya, F. ; Itoh, N. ; Hama, N.

Author_Institution

NTT Microsystem Integration Labs., NTT, Kanagawa, Japan

fYear

2003

fDate

13-13 Feb. 2003

Firstpage

388

Abstract

A 1mW, self-powered wireless system that utilizes ambient heat is described. A switched-capacitor DC-DC converter composed of fully-depleted SOI MOSFETs and a microthermoelectric module makes use of such heat possible. An experimental 300MHz band short-range wireless transmitter transmits from a distance of 5m using only heat from a hand or from water. The chip is fabricated in a 0.8/spl mu/m fully-depleted SOI process.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; DC-DC power convertors; radio transmitters; silicon-on-insulator; switched capacitor networks; thermoelectric conversion; 0.8 micron; 300 MHz; CMOS/SOI DC-DC converter; ambient heat; batteryless wireless system; fully-depleted SOI MOSFET; microthermoelectric module; reversible power source; self-powered wireless system; short-range wireless transmitter; switched-capacitor DC-DC converter; Circuits; DC-DC power converters; Inverters; MOSFETs; Solar power generation; Switches; Tellurium; Temperature; Voltage; Water heating;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2003. Digest of Technical Papers. ISSCC. 2003 IEEE International

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

ISSN

0193-6530

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7707-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISSCC.2003.1234348

Filename

1234348