Radioisotope Thin-Film Powered Microsystems

• Main Authors: Duggirala, Rajesh. (Author), Lal, Amit. (Author), Radhakrishnan, Shankar. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2010.
• Series: MEMS Reference Shelf, 6
• Subjects: Engineering.; Electronics.; Production of electric energy or power.; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation.; Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Networks.; Nanotechnology and Microengineering.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6763-3

Radioisotope Thin-Film Powered Microsystems describes the use of radioisotopes in enabling compact long lifetime wireless sensor Microsystems for applications including environmental, medical and industrial monitoring. The book introduces several novel devices that exploit the many unique properti...

Table of Contents:

• Radioactivity and Radioisotopes
• Radioisotope Thin Films for Microsystems
• Radioisotope Micropower Generation: Microfabricated Reciprocating Electro-Mechanical Power Generators
• Radioisotope Micropower Generation: Integrated Radioisotope Actuated Electro-Mechanical Power Generators
• Radioisotope Micropower Generation: 3D Silicon Electronvoltaics
• Radioisotope Direct Charging: Autonomous Wireless Sensors
• Radioisotope Decay Rate based Counting Clock
• Appendices.