Table of Contents
Executive summary
Introduction, definitions & methodology
Introduction to micropower & energy harvesting technologies
- Principles of energy harvesting
- Principles of wireless sensor networks
- Focus on wireless communication technologies
Technology review - energy harvesting technologies
- Focus on vibration harvesting
- Focus on thermal harvesting
- Other types of energy harvesting
Technology review - energy storage technologies
- Energy harvesting - integration & operating mode
- Focus on microbatteries
- Current micro fuel cell technology
Applications of energy harvesting devices
- Drivers for energy harvesting devices
- Automotive applications
- Field overview
- TPMS application
- Cost considerations
- Power solutions for TPMS
- market
- Main players in the TPMS field
- Industrial applications
- Field overview
- Condition monitoring application
- Rotating machine and smart metering applications
- Power solutions for condition monitoring
- Main players in the condition monitoring field
- Semiconductor manufacturing
- Field overview
- Chip thermal management application
- Building and home automation applications
- Field overview
- Building automation - Wireless switches application
- Power solutions for wireless switches
- Building automation - Wireless sensors application
- Power solutions for wireless switches & sensors
- Main players for wireless switches and sensors
- Environment monitoring applications
- Field overview
- Exemple of player: Crossbow Technology
- Military and aerospace applications
- Field overview
- Health and usage monitoring system application
- Power solutions for HUMS
- Main players in the HUMS field
- Medical applications
- Field overview
- Pacemaker application
- Power solution for pacemakers
- Wrist blood pressure measurement application
- Fingertip pulse oximeters application
- Home monitoring application
- Power solutions for home monitoring
- Cochlear implants application
- Power solutions for cochlear implants
- Monitoring of orthopaedic surgery application
- Smart pills application
- Consumer electronics applications
- Field overview
- Power solutions for battery chargers
- Focus on fuel cells
Market opportunities for MEMS in energy harvesting applications
- Potential for MEMS in the automotive field
- Potential for MEMS in the industrial & semiconductor manufacturing field
- Potential for MEMS in the building & home automation field
- Potential for MEMS in the environment monitoring field
- Potential for MEMS in the military & aerospace field
- Potential for MEMS in the medical field
- Potential for MEMS in the consumer electronics field
Conclusion
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