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Department of Mechatronics and Machine Dynamics, Technical University of Cluj Napoca , Napoca , Romania
Department of Mechatronics and Machine Dynamics, Technical University of Cluj Napoca , Napoca , Romania
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Banja Luka , Banja Luka , Bosnia and Herzegovina
Department of Electrical Engineering Electronics and Computers, Technical University of Cluj Napoca, Center University of North from Baia-Mare , Baia Mare , Romania
Energy harvesting is rapidly expanding into new applications. The idea of micro-scale energy harvesting, and collecting miniscule amounts of ambient energy to power electronic systems, was still visionary and limited to research proposals and laboratory experiments Ultra-low-power technology is enabling a wide range of new applications that harvest ambient energy in very small amounts and need little or no maintenance-self-sustaining devices that are capable of perpetual or nearly perpetual operation. An increasing number of systems are appearing that take advantage of light, vibrations and other forms of previously wasted environmental energy for applications where providing line power or maintaining batteries is inconvenient. The following article will discuss several technical challenges and show how ultra low power technology is playing a key role in overcoming them.
energy harvesting, ultra-low, power, ultra-low power, technology, ultra-low power technology
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