Wirelessly powered large-area electronics for the Internet of Things

L Portilla; K Loganathan; H Faber; A Eid; JGD Hester; MM Tentzeris; M Fattori; E Cantatore; C Jiang; A Nathan; G Fiori; T Ibn-Mohammed; TD Anthopoulos; V Pecunia

doi:10.1038/s41928-023-00927-x

Wirelessly powered large-area electronics for the Internet of Things

L Portilla, K Loganathan, H Faber, A Eid, JGD Hester, MM Tentzeris, M Fattori, E Cantatore, C Jiang, A Nathan, G Fiori, T Ibn-Mohammed, TD Anthopoulos, V Pecunia

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Powering the increasing number of sensor nodes used in the Internet of Things creates a technological challenge. The economic and sustainability issues of battery-powered devices mean that wirelessly powered operation—combined with environmentally friendly circuit technologies—will be needed. Large-area electronics—which can be based on organic semiconductors, amorphous metal oxide semiconductors, semiconducting carbon nanotubes and two-dimensional semiconductors—could provide a solution. Here we examine the potential of large-area electronics technology in the development of sustainable, wirelessly powered Internet of Things sensor nodes. We provide a system-level analysis of wirelessly powered sensor nodes, identifying the constraints faced by such devices and highlighting promising architectures and design approaches. We then explore the use of large-area electronics technology in wirelessly powered Internet of Things sensor nodes, with a focus on low-power transistor circuits for digital processing and signal amplification, as well as high-speed diodes and printed antennas for data communication and radiofrequency energy harvesting.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	10-17
Number of pages	8
Journal	Nature Electronics
Volume	6
Issue number	1
Early online date	28 Dec 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41928-023-00927-x https://doi.org/10.1038/s41928-022-00898-5
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2023

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Portilla, L., Loganathan, K., Faber, H., Eid, A., Hester, JGD., Tentzeris, MM., Fattori, M., Cantatore, E., Jiang, C., Nathan, A., Fiori, G., Ibn-Mohammed, T., Anthopoulos, TD., & Pecunia, V. (2023). Wirelessly powered large-area electronics for the Internet of Things. Nature Electronics, 6(1), 10-17. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41928-023-00927-x, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41928-022-00898-5

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