Energy harvesting in aeronautics for battery-free wireless sensor networks

Jean-Marie Dilhac (1) , Marise Bafleur (2)

1 LAAS-ESE - Équipe Énergie et Systèmes Embarqués
2 LAAS - Laboratoire d'analyse et d'architecture des systèmes

In recent years, wireless sensor networks (WSN) have been considered for various aeronautical applications, including, among others, structural health monitoring (SHM) and fight-tests. Each network node would allow performing sensing, data processing, and wireless transmission of information. Thus WSN permit (often new) functions without the need of adding extra wiring to an already large burden.

Mots clés: Aircraft; Batteries; Energy harvesting; Monitoring; Temperature sensors; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks

Domaines: Micro et nanotechnologies/Microélectronique

Jean-Marie Dilhac, Marise Bafleur. Energy harvesting in aeronautics for battery-free wireless sensor networks. IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, 2014, 29 (8), pp.18-22. ⟨10.1109/MAES.2014.130002⟩. ⟨hal-01064311⟩