Ultra Low Power Wireless Autonomous Sensor Systems: How to Successfully Integrate Energy Harvesting, Battery and Sensor.

Ruud Vullers obtained his M. Sc. in physics at the Radboud University of Nijmegen and a Ph.D. at the K.U. Leuven in 1994 and 2000, respectively. He then started as a researcher for Philips Research Laboratories in the area of Optical Storage. He worked on the fabrication and design of thin film coils for use in Magneto-Optical Storage, followed by research of recordable Blu-ray Disc. In 2006 he joined IMEC / Holst Centre, where he is Principal Researcher and activity leader in the micropower program. This program focuses on the development of energy harvesters, design of power management and evaluation of energy storage systems for use in autonomous wireless sensor nodes. He is (co)inventor of 10 patents (2 US patents), and has written several papers

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