A 10.6mm3 Fully-Integrated, Wireless Sensor Node with 8GHz UWB Transmitter

Symp VLSI Circuits. 2015 Jun:2015:C202-C203. doi: 10.1109/VLSIC.2015.7231258.

Abstract

This paper presents a complete, autonomous, wireless temperature sensor, fully encapsulated in a 10.6mm3 volume. The sensor includes solar energy harvesting with an integrated 2 μAh battery, optical receiver for programming, microcontroller and memory, 8GHz UWB transmitter, and miniaturized custom antennas with a wireless range of 7 meters. Full, stand-alone operation was demonstrated for the first time for a system of this size and functionality.