{"title":"An autonomous wireless sensor node using a solar cell antenna for solar energy harvesting","authors":"M. Danesh, J. Long","doi":"10.1109/MWSYM.2011.5972635","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"An autonomous 3–5 GHz UWB sensor transmitter node uses a single solar cell of 2 × 2 cm2, sufficient to generate energy up to 20 mW of peak power outdoors, and acting as a broadband monopole antenna in the 3–10 GHz range, thus miniaturizing the overall system package. The sensor node consumes 10 µA average current when transmitting data bursts every 8.5 s at 1 kbits/s using OOK modulation. The harvested solar energy is stored in a supercapacitor to ensure continuity of transmission.","PeriodicalId":294862,"journal":{"name":"2011 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2011-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"10","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2011 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MWSYM.2011.5972635","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
An autonomous 3–5 GHz UWB sensor transmitter node uses a single solar cell of 2 × 2 cm2, sufficient to generate energy up to 20 mW of peak power outdoors, and acting as a broadband monopole antenna in the 3–10 GHz range, thus miniaturizing the overall system package. The sensor node consumes 10 µA average current when transmitting data bursts every 8.5 s at 1 kbits/s using OOK modulation. The harvested solar energy is stored in a supercapacitor to ensure continuity of transmission.