CMOS Indoor Light Energy Harvesting System for Wireless Sensing Applications

This book discusses in detail the CMOS implementation of energy harvesting. The authors describe an integrated, indoor light energy harvesting system, based on a controller circuit that dynamically and automatically adjusts its operation to meet the actual light circumstances of the environment where the system is placed. The system is intended to power a sensor node, enabling an autonomous wireless sensor network (WSN). Although designed to cope with indoor light levels, the system is also able to work with higher levels, making it an all-round light energy harvesting system. The discussion includes experimental data obtained from an integrated manufactured prototype, which in conjunction with a photovoltaic (PV) cell, serves as a proof of concept of the desired energy harvesting system.

List of contents

Introduction.- Energy Harvesting Electronic Systems.- Photovoltaic Cell Technologies.- Voltage Step-Up Circuits.- Proposed Energy Harvesting System.- Layout of the System.- Experimental Evaluation of the Prototype.- Conclusions and Future Perspectives.

Summary

This book discusses in detail the CMOS implementation of energy harvesting. The authors describe an integrated, indoor light energy harvesting system, based on a controller circuit that dynamically and automatically adjusts its operation to meet the actual light circumstances of the environment where the system is placed. The system is intended to power a sensor node, enabling an autonomous wireless sensor network (WSN). Although designed to cope with indoor light levels, the system is also able to work with higher levels, making it an all-round light energy harvesting system. The discussion includes experimental data obtained from an integrated manufactured prototype, which in conjunction with a photovoltaic (PV) cell, serves as a proof of concept of the desired energy harvesting system.

Product details

• Authors: Carlos Manue Ferreira Carvalho, Carlos Manuel Ferreira Carvalho, Nuno Fil Paulino, Nuno Filipe Silva Veríssimo Paulino
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2016
• EAN: 9783319373607
• ISBN: 978-3-31-937360-7
• No. of pages: 216
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 12 mm x 235 mm
• Weight: 361 g
• Illustrations: XIV, 216 p. 145 illus., 74 illus. in color.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Electronics, electrical engineering, communications engineering; B, engineering, Electrical Engineering, Circuits and Systems, Electronics, Microelectronics, Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation, Electronics engineering, Electronic circuits, Electronic Circuits and Systems, Energy Harvesting