Wireless power transfer and energy harvesting for the Internet of Things
The Internet of Things (IoT) is an emerging computing concept. Among different energy harvesting methods, such as vibration, light, and thermal energy extraction, wireless energy harvesting (WEH) has proven to be one of the most promising solutions by virtue of its simplicity, ease of implementation, and availability. In this article, we present an overview of enabling technologies for efficient WEH, analyze the lifetime of WEH-enabled IoT devices, and briefly study the future trends in the design of efficient WEH systems and research challenges that lie ahead.
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- Starts 31 July 2017 01:00 PM UTC
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Ulrich Rohde
Wireless power transfer and energy harvesting for the Internet of Things
Harvesting low levels of ambient RF energy from various energy sources has been proven to be suitable for powering low energy devices and can extend the battery lifetime in such devices. Depending on the energy budget of the device it is possible, in some cases, to perpetually power the device so that the battery or energy storage unit never needs to be swapped or charged via a cable. Although the RF energy is very low - RF power densities up to 300 uW/cm2 have been measured - power density does vary by location. Overall, the energy that can be harvested with a Freevolt ambient RF energy harvester has been validated as sufficient to trickle charge an energy storage device.
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Ulrich L. Rohde, Dr.Ing. habil., is a Professor of RF and Microwave at the University of Cottbus, Germany, Chairman of Synergy Microwave Corp. NJ, USA, Professor at Oradea University, Romania, honorary professor at IIT Delhi, India; President of Communications Consulting Corporation, FL, USA, and a partner in Rohde & Schwarz, Munich, Germany. Dr. Rohde is past member of the board of directors and a former executive vice president of Ansoft Corporation, now it is Ansys. He is an IEEE life Fellow, published over 300 scientific papers in professional journals and conferences, co-authored of 12 technical books and book chapters, over 3 dozens patents into his credits and recipients of more than dozen scientific and IEEE society awards. In 2006, Dr. Rohde was honored as Microwave Legend by Microwave & RF Magazine; the selection was based on global voting. In 2009, Dr. Rohde was selected in the list of Divine Innovators of November 2011, Microwave Journal. Based on Dr. Rohde’s 5-decade of scientific creativity and pioneer contributions in the field of microwave and antenna, IEEE has established 2 awards on his name “IEEE Ulrich L. Rohde Innovative Conference Paper Awards on Antenna Measurements and Applications” and IEEE Ulrich L. Rohde Innovative Conference Paper Awards on Computational Techniques in Electromagnetics”. His hobbies are sailing, U.S. Merchant Marine Officer, Master of Steam or Motor Vessels, photography and ham radio (Dj2LR and N1UL).
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Address:Brandenburgische Technische Universitat, BTU Cottbus, Cottbus, Brandenburg, Germany, 03013
Ulrich Rohde
Wireless power transfer and energy harvesting for the Internet of Things
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Address:Cottbus, Brandenburg, Germany
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