A Solar Cell based Power Production and Supply Complying with the Active and Sleep Modes of Sensor MAC Protocols 


Vol. 37,  No. 6, pp. 423-432, Jun.  2012


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  Abstract

We design a control circuit that can switch input power between a rechargeable battery and a sensor communication device (mote) depending on the operating state of a solar cell as well as the active and sleep mode of a sensor MAC protocol. A mote that simply combines a solarcell and a rechargeable battery may die if there is not sunlight long. A battery is recharged if sunlight is sufficient and a device is in a sleep mode, and it supplies power if sunlight is low and the mote is in an active mode. A mote can switch its input power between solar cell and battery depending on the output level of a solar cell. During this switching, a mote may lose its state information due to the reset of a microprocessor by the transient power-off. A capacitor is used to cope with this phenomenon and also supplies power to a mote during a sleep mode. Experimental results show that the solar cell based mote operates in a very stable manner against the lack of sunlight long.

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[IEEE Style]

S. Lee, W. Lee, H. Oh, "A Solar Cell based Power Production and Supply Complying with the Active and Sleep Modes of Sensor MAC Protocols," The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences, vol. 37, no. 6, pp. 423-432, 2012. DOI: .

[ACM Style]

Seung-yong Lee, Woong Lee, and Hoon Oh. 2012. A Solar Cell based Power Production and Supply Complying with the Active and Sleep Modes of Sensor MAC Protocols. The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences, 37, 6, (2012), 423-432. DOI: .

[KICS Style]

Seung-yong Lee, Woong Lee, Hoon Oh, "A Solar Cell based Power Production and Supply Complying with the Active and Sleep Modes of Sensor MAC Protocols," The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences, vol. 37, no. 6, pp. 423-432, 6. 2012.