Subcutaneous Solar Energy Harvesting for Self-Powered Wireless Implantable Sensor Systems

[en] This paper presents the study of subcutaneous solar energy harvesting for implantable sensor systems. The characteristics of a flexible solar panel under a 3 mm thick porcine skin are measured under different ambient light conditions. The output power of the solar panel when covered by the skin varies from tens of micro Watts to a few milli Watts depending on the light source. A low-power implantable sensor prototype is proposed to evaluate the performance of the subcutaneous solar energy harvester. It consists of a power management circuit, a temperature sensor and a Bluetooth low energy (BLE) module. The average working current of the prototype is 400 μA (transient BLE transmission current is 8 mA), while its sleep current is only 7 μA. Experimental results show that the subcutaneous solar energy harvester illuminated by both sunlight and artificial light sources can power the implantable prototype. © 2018 IEEE.

Disciplines :

Electrical & electronics engineering

Author, co-author :

Wu, T.; Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3800, Australia

Redouté, Jean-Michel ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Dép. d'électric., électron. et informat. (Inst.Montefiore) > Systèmes microélectroniques intégrés

Yuce, M. R.; Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3800, Australia

Language :

English

Title :

Subcutaneous Solar Energy Harvesting for Self-Powered Wireless Implantable Sensor Systems

Publication date :

2018

Event name :

40th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2018

Event date :

18 July 2018 through 21 July 2018

Audience :

International

Journal title :

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society

ISSN :

2375-7477

eISSN :

2694-0604

Publisher :

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.

Volume :

2018-July

Pages :

4657-4660

Peer reviewed :

Peer reviewed

Name of the research project :

ARC: FT130100430

Funders :

ARC - Australian Research Council

Commentary :

141674 9781538636466

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