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Energy Harvesting
For the practical implementation of energy harvesting, many challenges remain, such as startup with very small amounts of energy and ensuring long-term operation. Asahi Kasei Microdevices (AKM) offers solutions to address these challenges through its proprietary technologies. This page presents technical materials summarizing the mechanisms and benefits of our solutions, offering valuable insights for product design.
Battery-Free Beacon Tag* Solution for Smart Location Management
AKM’s newly proposed battery-free beacon tag solution operates without any batteries or charging, combining photoelectric components and a small capacitor to enable “battery-free” operation. Through this material, we present the key features of the product, its system architecture, and the results of an in-house proof-of-concept deployment, providing concrete insights for realizing a practical and sustainable location tracking system.
*Beacon Tag Using Bluetooth® Low Energy (BLE) Technology.
*Bluetooth® is a registered trademark of Bluetooth SIG, Inc.
Battery-free Beacon Tags
for Monitoring Wandering
A battery-free beacon tag for monitoring wandering that utilizes AKM's energy harvesting IC, eliminating the need for battery replacement.
Urine-powered, Battery-free Smart Diapers
This white paper focuses on challenges related to excretion management in caregiving settings and introduces the features and advantages of ”Sensor-equipped Caregiving Diapers" as a potential solution.
Elimination of Primary Batteries and Energy Harvesting
While guidelines for the elimination of primary batteries are being presented in Europe, we introduce ways to solve charging problems and achieve sustainable power supply by combining our energy harvesting technology with secondary batteries.
Lineup
Please check this attractive energy harvesting IC lineup of AKM.