Ebook: ICT - Energy - Concepts Towards Zero - Power Information and Communication Technology

Giorgos Fagas, Luca Gammaitoni, Douglas Paul and Gabriel Abadal Berini. — AvE4EvA, 2014. 244 p. — ISBN 953-51-1218-X, 978-953-51-1218-1.This textbook is a first attempt to discuss such concepts towards Zero-Power ICT. The content is accessible to advanced undergraduates and early year researchers fascinated by this topic.A sustainable future for our information society relies on bridging the gap between the energy required to operate portable ICT devices with the energy available from portable/mobile sources. The only viable solution is attacking the gap from both sides, i.e. to reduce the amount of energy dissipated during computation and to improve the efficiency in energy harvesting technologies.
This requires deeper and broader knowledge of fundamental processes and thorough understanding of how they apply to materials and engineering at the nanoscale, all the way up to the design of energy-efficient electronics.Contents
Preface
Energy Management at the Nanoscale
Kinetic Energy Harvesting
Electronics for Power and Energy Management
Energy Storage: Battery Materials and Architectures at the Nanoscale
Minimum Energy of Computing, Fundamental Considerations
Power consumption Assessment in Wireless Sensor Networks
A Research Agenda Towards Zero-Power ICT
Autonomous Sensors: Existing and Prospective Applications
Thermoelectric Energy Harvesting
Electromagnetic Radiation Energy Harvesting – The Rectenna Based Approach