Session 6 overview / IMMD: Sensors & energy harvesting

Summary form only given. Sensors and energy harvesting are growing in importance, as many applications require environmental inputs and often must be placed in remote or inaccessible locations. Advanced MEMS sensors require highly precise interface circuitry that must usually transduce small or delicate signals and mitigate sensor limits, while in some cases the signals are large and must be isolated. When sensor systems function in inaccessible environments it can be difficult to power them. In these cases it is often advantageous to scavenge or harvest power from the system´s immediate environments.