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Power Harvesting for Wireless Sensors

Mr Philippe Mattelaer, Business Development Manager

Holst Centre/ IMEC, Netherlands

This presentation was given at Active RFID, RTLS & Sensor Networks 2008 on Nov 05, 2008.

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Presentation Summary

Silicon based power harvesting holds the promise to extend the lifetime of active RFIDs
Power harvesting solutions for smart autonomous wireless sensors are being developed by IMEC at Holst Centre
Several microwatts of power per square centimeter can be generated to activate ULP circuits with functionalities such as radio, DSP,sensing
Holst Centre combines its expertise of ULP solutions and chip lamination on foil

Speaker Biography

In 2005 Philippe Mattelaer joined the Holst Centre, IMEC- Nederland, a newly formed research institute. Philippe is currently setting up research partnerships with the industry worldwide in the field of wireless autonomous sensor network solutions.

Prior to joining Holst, Philippe gained more than ten years experience in technology commercialization in the UK and the USA. As Associate Vice President at BTG International, Inc. Philippe identified, acquired and commercialized fundamental technologies and patent portfolios through licensing and new venture creation.

From 1989 through 1994, Philippe was with Hewlett Packard, Medical Products Group Europe where he held several business development and product marketing positions in Germany, France and Belgium.

Philippe holds an MBA degree from Imperial College, London, a masters degree in Electrical Engineering from Group T, Leuven and a post-graduate degree in biomedical engineering from KU Leuven, Belgium.

Company Profile

Holst Centre is an independent centre for open innovation that develops generic technologies and technology platforms for wireless autonomous transducer solutions and systems-in-foil. It is founded in 2005 by the research organizations IMEC and TNO. A key feature is interaction and cooperation with industry and academia. It is this kind of cross-fertilization that enables Holst Centre to tune its scientific strategy to industrial needs.

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