Binary zero-power sensors: an alternative solution for power-free energy-autonomous sensor systems

Thomas Frank; Gerald Gerlach; Arndt Steinke

doi:10.1117/12.887564

5 May 2011 Binary zero-power sensors: an alternative solution for power-free energy-autonomous sensor systems

Thomas Frank, Gerald Gerlach, Arndt Steinke

Proceedings Volume 8066, Smart Sensors, Actuators, and MEMS V; 80662A (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.887564
Event: SPIE Microtechnologies, 2011, Prague, Czech Republic

Abstract

Energy-autarkic sensor systems use energy from their environment for operation and data transfer. This needs both an efficient energy harvesting strategy and an appropriate energy storage management but also ultra-low-power technologies for sensors, signal processing, and wireless signal transfer. Binary Zero-Power Sensors (BIZEPS) are threshold switches which take the switching energy directly from the quantity to be measured. Hence, they deliver the switching states "ON" and "OFF" without any additional electrical energy.

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Thomas Frank, Gerald Gerlach, and Arndt Steinke "Binary zero-power sensors: an alternative solution for power-free energy-autonomous sensor systems", Proc. SPIE 8066, Smart Sensors, Actuators, and MEMS V, 80662A (5 May 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.887564

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