Microelectronics for the Internet of Things

Michael Liu is Executive Advisor of Flexcope, Inc., a California-based company that designs and manufactures smart-wear products (electronics-embedded helmets, shoes, etc.). He has previously worked at Bourns, mophie, Universal Electronics, Foxlink International and Extron Electronics; in various engineering, product, and program management capacities. He also offers consultations on product design techniques to consumer-electronic companies such as Beats (acquired by Apple) and has co-founded a start-up company, AV Link, Inc. Besides a number of academic papers and featured articles for professional journals, Michael compiled a volume titled "Demystifying Switched-Capacitor Circuits" for Elsevier in 2007.

1. Introduction 2. The Internet of Things: An Overview 3. The Ultra-Low-Power Challenge 4. The Miniaturization Challenge 5. The Interoperability Challenge 6. The Human-Factor Challenge 7. The Reliability Challenge 8. Design Paradigm 9. Machine-to-Machine Communications 10. Mobile Health System 11. Wireless Power System 12. Connected Automobile 13. Future Work