F3 Room

Electronics

F3 builds miniaturised, flexible, and wireless sensor nodes that can be powered by energy harvesting and thus are “zero-energy”. Furthermore, we will explore novel concepts for efficient analogue computing.

Key Questions

By reducing the consumption of wireless TRXs below 1 mW and integrating technologies to harvest energy from heat, motion, and RF, achieving miniaturized, low-energy sensory nodes.

Scalable wireless platforms will be developed to operate at low power for low-speed data and high-speed data for advanced applications like robotic skin.

3D printing will be used to directly integrate antennas onto TRX chips, improving reliability and reducing volume.

Approach

  • Reducing the energy consumption of mm-wave TRXs.
  • Integration of sensory nodes with energy harvesting and stretchable electronics.
  • Development of “zero-energy” wireless sensor platforms.

Expected Results

  • First bioTENGs and OTEGs ready for integration; first 3D-printed antennas.
  • First integrated power management platform.
  • First mm-wave TRX embedded via AM.
  • Fully functional “zero-energy” wireless sensor platform completed.