Tuesday, January 06, 2009
Energy harvesting radio technology targeted for future Mars missions could make use of a single-chip microtransceiver being developed at Kansas State University. The device uses a silicon-on-sapphire CMOS process from Peregrine Semiconductor Corp. (San Diego) that was developed with NASA funding. The low-power integrated RF functions of the CMOS transceiver can operate in the harsh Martian environment. Commercial applications include using energy harvesting to power radios for remote wireless sensors.
Posted by R. Colin Johnson at 7:16 AM