3D Chip Design for MIT-LL FDSOI April 2005 Run

• Design report (pdf file)
• Design report (MS Word file)
• Presentation (MS Power Point file)
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Smart Dust Power Schemes

• RFID general information and rectifier-antenna power transfer schemes

  • The RFID Handbook (has one sample chapter, here).
  • RFID tag design document from MicroChip Corp. (includes a section on coil design.)
  • Voltage & Efficiency calculations for a rectifying antenna.
  • Planar Rectennas for 2.45 GHz Wireless Power Transfer: An informative 2000 paper. Includes some loss calculations.
  • Fully Integrated Power Supply Design for Wireless Biomedical Implants A 2002 application paper.

• Photovoltaic power sources

  • Low Cost Back Contact Silicon Solar Cells A 2000 paper that describes on-chip silicon solar cells.
  • A photovoltaic cell from Sanyo (probably for higher voltage/power applications, though.)
  • Solar cells from CellSiCo Corp.
  • Solar cells: Past, present, future The reference to a Oct. 2002 review paper. Must get hardcopy from library if needed.
  • Datasheet for an optocoupler from InfineOn Technologies; might have some general ideas about optical signal transfer.

• Micro- and Nano-batteries

  • Hundred-micron-sized all-solid-state Li secondary battery arrays embedded in a Si substrate 3.6 volt, 34.6 watt/cm2 batteries embedded in Si substrate.
  • Nuclear microbatteries; James Blanchard's homepage mentions RF applications. The article is available at the Engineering library.
  • News from the U of Florida about tiny batteries; the group's publications on the subject are listed here.
  • Another nuclear microbattery approach, from Cornell.
  • Micromachined CMOS Thermoelectric Generators as on-chip Power Supply, a June 2003 conference paper.
  • Electrolyte-Based On-Demand and Disposable Microbattery, a December 2003 paper; battery requires surface micromachining.
  • Microscopic Batteries for MicroElectroMechanical Systems> Review paper from 1997.