Abstract:
Provided is a solar cell. The solar cell includes: a substrate including through lines opposing to each other; a semiconductor layer on a top side of the substrate; bus lines at both edges of a top side of the semiconductor layer; and bus bars connected electrically to the bus lines, respectively, and extending to a rear side of the substrate through the through lines.
Abstract:
Provided is a method of transmitting/receiving data in a sensor node for reducing overhearing of sensor nodes, and a sensor network which implements the method. A sender node having transmission data from among a plurality of nodes which perform a low power listening (LPL) operation in an asynchronous manner at predetermined time intervals, generates a long preamble including short preambles, each having information including a destination address of the transmission data, a remainder of the long preamble, and a length of the transmission data, and sequentially transmits the second preamble and the transmission data. A receiver node from among the plurality of nodes determines whether a valid signal is sensed during an active state in the LPL operation. If it is determined that the valid signal is sensed, the receiver node receives the short preamble transmitted from the sender node. The receiver node determines a duration time of a deactivated state of the receiver node based on the received first preamble, thereby reducing overhearing in the sensor network.
Abstract:
Disclosed are a solar cell apparatus and a method for manufacturing the same. The solar cell apparatus includes a substrate; a back electrode layer on the substrate; a light absorbing layer on the back electrode layer; a front electrode layer on the light absorbing layer; and a connection wire extending from the front electrode layer and connected to the back electrode layer through the light absorbing layer, wherein the connection wire directly makes contact with an inner side of a recess formed in the back electrode layer.
Abstract:
There is provided a solar cell according to an exemplary embodiment includes: an upper substrate placed on cells of the solar cell; and a hologram pattern placed on the upper substrate.There is provided a manufacturing method of a solar cell according to another exemplary embodiment includes: forming an upper substrate on cells of the solar cell; and forming a hologram pattern on the upper substrate.
Abstract:
Disclosed are a solar cell apparatus and a method for manufacturing the same. The solar cell apparatus includes a substrate; a back electrode layer on the substrate; a light absorbing layer on the back electrode layer; and a front electrode layer on the light absorbing layer, wherein an outer peripheral side of the back electrode layer is aligned on a plane different from a plane of an outer peripheral side of the light absorbing layer.
Abstract:
In a wireless sensor network system including at least one sensor network, when a network message received from a sensor node of a sensor network corresponds to a predetermined service, the wireless sensor network system forms a wireless local area network (WLAN) overlay network which is based on a WLAN system within a service area at which the sensor node is located. Data corresponding to the predetermined service is transmitted and received through the WLAN overlay network.
Abstract:
Provided is a general-purpose interface port that may interface with a sensor board including multiple types of sensor device drivers and download a sensor device driver from the sensor board, and a sensor node that may recognize a type of sensor included in the sensor board using the downloaded sensor device driver, the sensor node including a micro control unit that may process sensing data received from the sensor board, thereby providing a plug and play function between a micro control unit of a sensor node and a sensing unit including a sensor board in a Ubiquitous Sensor Network (USN) or a Wireless Sensor Network (WSN).
Abstract:
Provided are a method and apparatus for using a synchronous sensor network medium access control (MAC) protocol such as a ZigBee or IEEE 802.15.4 low-rate wireless personal area network (WPAN). Also provided are a method and apparatus for constructing a ubiquitous sensor network (USN) of which a life is increased by using power beacons and reducing the number of unnecessary control packets (beacon packets), thereby reducing an initialization time between nodes and preventing beacon collision. According to the present invention, a beacon packet channel having a large output power and a data channel of which a transmission range is restricted by reducing an output power to be less than that of the beacon packet channel, may be simultaneously used.
Abstract:
Provided is a method for managing dormant nodes in a wireless sensor network. The method includes the steps of: a) acquiring and storing information on distance and location of sensor nodes registered in a corresponding cluster among at least one cluster managed by a managing node; b) selecting a dormant object node among the sensor nodes by the managing node; c) transmitting dormant information that the dormant object node should go into a dormant state for a predetermined period through a beacon message to the dormant object node and creating a dormant node management table; and d) updating a dormant time of the dormant node management table every beacon cycle by the managing node according to setup of a dormant time central managing function and notifying dormancy expiration to the corresponding dormant node.
Abstract:
An apparatus for analyzing a USN protocol includes a packet analyzer and a protocol analyzer. The packet analyzer collects packets communicated between USN sensor nodes through at least one or more channels. The protocol analyzer processes/displays the collected packets using an XML schema defined according to the USN protocol. Thus, the USN protocol analyzing apparatus can decode/encode packets collected through a plurality of channels.