Design considerations for ultra-low energy wireless microsensor nodes Export

@article{citeulike:423776, abstract = {This tutorial paper examines architectural and circuit design techniques for a microsensor node operating at power levels low enough to enable the use of an energy harvesting source. These requirements place demands on all levels of the design. We propose architecture for achieving the required ultra-low energy operation and discuss the circuit techniques necessary to implement the system. Dedicated hardware implementations improve the efficiency for specific functionality, and modular partitioning permits fine-grained optimization and power-gating. We describe modeling and operating at the minimum energy point in the subthreshold region for digital circuits. We also examine approaches for improving the energy efficiency of analog components like the transmitter and the ADC. A microsensor node using the techniques we describe can function in an energy-harvesting scenario.}, author = {Calhoun, B. H. and Daly, D. C. and Verma, Naveen and Finchelstein, D. F. and Wentzloff, D. D. and Wang, A. and Cho, Seong-Hwan and Chandrakasan, A. P.}, citeulike-article-id = {423776}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=1424449}, journal = {Computers, IEEE Transactions on}, keywords = {design, low-energy, sensor, wireless}, number = {6}, pages = {727--740}, posted-at = {2005-12-06 22:56:22}, priority = {2}, title = {Design considerations for ultra-low energy wireless microsensor nodes}, url = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=1424449}, volume = {54}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:423776 L3 - citeulike-article-id:423776 N2 - This tutorial paper examines architectural and circuit design techniques for a microsensor node operating at power levels low enough to enable the use of an energy harvesting source. These requirements place demands on all levels of the design. We propose architecture for achieving the required ultra-low energy operation and discuss the circuit techniques necessary to implement the system. Dedicated hardware implementations improve the efficiency for specific functionality, and modular partitioning permits fine-grained optimization and power-gating. We describe modeling and operating at the minimum energy point in the subthreshold region for digital circuits. We also examine approaches for improving the energy efficiency of analog components like the transmitter and the ADC. A microsensor node using the techniques we describe can function in an energy-harvesting scenario. IS - 6 JF - Computers, IEEE Transactions on EP - 740 TI - Design considerations for ultra-low energy wireless microsensor nodes VL - 54 SP - 727 KW - design KW - low-energy KW - sensor KW - wireless AU - Calhoun, BH AU - Daly, DC AU - Verma, Naveen AU - Finchelstein, DF AU - Wentzloff, DD AU - Wang, A AU - Cho, Seong-Hwan AU - Chandrakasan, AP PY - 2005/// UR - http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=1424449 ER -