Design and Analysis of Micro-Solar Power Systems for Wireless Sensor Networks

Jaein Jeong, Xiaofan Fred Jiang and David E. Culler

EECS Department
University of California, Berkeley
Technical Report No. UCB/EECS-2007-24
February 6, 2007

http://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2007/EECS-2007-24.pdf

Wireless Sensor Networks are fundamentally limited by their energy storage resources and the power they obtain from their environment. Several micro-solar powered designs have been developed to address this important problem but little analysis is available on key design trade-offs. We provide an empirical and mathematical analysis of two leading competitors (Heliomote and Trio) and develop a taxonomy of the micro-solar design space, identify key components, design choices, interactions, difficulties and trade-offs.


BibTeX citation:

@techreport{Jeong:EECS-2007-24,
    Author = {Jeong, Jaein and Jiang, Xiaofan Fred and Culler, David E.},
    Title = {Design and Analysis of Micro-Solar Power Systems for Wireless Sensor Networks},
    Institution = {EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley},
    Year = {2007},
    Month = {Feb},
    URL = {http://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2007/EECS-2007-24.html},
    Number = {UCB/EECS-2007-24},
    Abstract = {Wireless Sensor Networks are fundamentally limited by their energy storage resources and the power they obtain from their environment. Several micro-solar powered designs have been developed to address this important problem but little analysis is available on key design trade-offs. We provide an empirical and mathematical analysis of two leading competitors (Heliomote and Trio) and develop a taxonomy of the micro-solar design space, identify key components, design choices, interactions, difficulties and trade-offs.}
}

EndNote citation:

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%A Culler, David E.
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