Prof. Dr. Marcel Meli
Prof. Dr. Marcel Meli
ZHAW
School of Engineering
Forschungsschwerpunkt Low-power Wireless Embedded Systems
Technikumstrasse 20/22
8400 Winterthur
Arbeit an der ZHAW
Arbeits- und Forschungsschwerpunkte
- Schwerpunktleiter Wireless Systems / IEM-InES
- Low Power Embedded Systems; Asynchronous microcontrollers; Low Power Memories
- Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPAN); Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN); RFID and RFID Sensor Networks
- Energy Harvesting (e.g. TEG, Solar, Piezo, Electrodynamic, RF, Triboelectric)
- Applications of Printed Electronics; Wearables; Application of Spintronics
Lehrtätigkeit
- Computertechnik
- Internet der Dinge (Wireless and Low Power)
Berufserfahrung
- Lecturer; Head of Research Area
ZHAW, Winterthur, CH
1999 - heute - Development Engineer; Test and Design for Test for Integrated Circuits (Microcontrollers, Communication)
Faselec/Philips Semiconductors, Zürich, CH
1992 - 1999 - Development Engineer; Embedded Systems
Studer-Revox, Regensdorf, CH
1989 - 1992
Aus- und Weiterbildung
Ausbildung
- PhD / Electrical Engineering
Universtity of Wales, Institue of Science and Technology, Cardiff, UK
1985 - 1989 - Postgraduate Diploma / Electrical Engineering
Universtity of Wales, Institue of Science and Technology, Cardiff, UK
1984 - 1985 - Diplôme d’ingénieur / Option électronique,
Ecole Polytechnique, Yaounde, Cameroon
1980 - 1983
Netzwerk
Mitglied in Netzwerken
- Embedded World Conference, Nuremberg (Member of Program Committee)
- Wireless Congress, Munich: Systems and Applications (Member of Program Committee)
Auszeichnungen
Best Paper Award
IEEE IDAACS-SWS 2020
09 / 2020
Projekte
- SUM - Low Power Monitoring / ProjektleiterIn / Projekt laufend
- Low Power Actuator / ProjektleiterIn / Projekt abgeschlossen
- Augmented Reality Brille / ProjektleiterIn / Projekt abgeschlossen
- Low-power Sensor / ProjektleiterIn / Projekt abgeschlossen
- Low-cost device for efficient cook stoves monitoring / ProjektleiterIn / Projekt abgeschlossen
- Smart Water Pipes / ProjektleiterIn / Projekt abgeschlossen
- AMANDA – AutonoMous self powered miniAturized iNtelligent sensor for environmental sensing anD asset tracking in smArt IoT environments / ProjektleiterIn / Projekt abgeschlossen
- Improved LPWAN / ProjektleiterIn / Projekt abgeschlossen
- Harvesting energy from cyclist heat to power a wireless embedded system on a bike / ProjektleiterIn / Projekt abgeschlossen
- EH demonstrator for Matrix Industries / ProjektleiterIn / Projekt abgeschlossen
- StereO2 – Low-power optical oxygen sensor / Teammitglied / Projekt abgeschlossen
- Car sharing system / ProjektleiterIn / Projekt abgeschlossen
- Battery-less energy source for standard Wireless Embedded Systems / ProjektleiterIn / Projekt abgeschlossen
- Vernetztes Papier: Drahtlos vernetzte, elektronische Beschilderung basierend auf E-Paper / Teammitglied / Projekt abgeschlossen
Publikationen
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Böbel, Manuel; Frei, Fabian; Blumensaat, Frank; Ebi, Christian; Meli, Marcel Louis; Rüst, Andreas,
2023.
Journal of Low Power Electronics and Applications.
13(2), S. 31.
Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.3390/jlpea13020031
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Meli, Marcel Louis; Favre, Sebastien; Maij, Benjamin; Stajic, Stefan; Boebel, Manuel; Poole, Philip John; Schellenberg, Martin; Kouzinopoulos, Charalampos S.,
2023.
Energy autonomous wireless sensing node working at 5 Lux from a 4 cm2 solar cell.
Journal of Low Power Electronics and Applications.
13(1), S. 12.
Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.3390/jlpea13010012
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Meli, Marcel; Maij, Benjamin,
2022.
Energy autonomous LPWAN node for walls and bridges : 4 seasons results [Paper].
In:
Wireless Congress 2022.
Wireless Congress 2022 : Systems & Applications, Munich, Germany, 16-17 November 2022.
WEKA.
Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-26937
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Meli, Marcel; Kunz, Stefan,
2022.
Using new memory technologies to reduce the energy requirements of LPWAN nodes [Paper].
In:
Sikora, Axel, Hrsg.,
Proceedings of Embedded World Conference 2022.
Embedded World Conference, Nuremberg, Germany, 21-23 June 2022.
WEKA.
Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-26921
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Meli, Marcel; Stajic, Stefan; Wick, Stefan,
2020.
Powering Sigfox nodes with harvested energy [Paper].
In:
Embedded World Conference 2020, Nürnberg, 25.-27. Februar 2020.
WEKA.
Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-20066
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Meli, Marcel; Brütsch, Manuel; Stajic, Stefan; Böbel, Manuel; Lorenz, David; Hegetschweiler, Lukas; Karanassos, Dimitris; Kouzinopoulos, Charalampos,
2020.
Low light energy autonomous LoRaWAN node [Paper].
In:
Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE 5th International Symposium on Smart and Wireless Systems.
2020 IEEE 5th International Symposium on Smart and Wireless Systems within the Conferences on Intelligent Data Acquisition and Advanced Computing Systems (IDAACS-SWS), Dortmund (online), 17-18 September 2020.
IEEE.
Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.1109/IDAACS-SWS50031.2020.9297089
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Meli, Marcel; Furter, Claudio; Karakostas, Konstantinos; Kouzinopoulos, Charalampos; Tzovaras, Dimitrios,
2020.
Low power LoRaWAN node based on FRAM microcontroller [Paper].
In:
Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE 5th International Symposium on Smart and Wireless Systems.
2020 IEEE 5th International Symposium on Smart and Wireless Systems within the Conferences on Intelligent Data Acquisition and Advanced Computing Systems (IDAACS-SWS), Dortmund (online), 17-18 September 2020.
IEEE.
Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.1109/IDAACS-SWS50031.2020.9297075
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Kouzinopoulos, Charalampos S.; Vujicic, Oskar; Tzovaras, Dimitrios; Bembnowicz, Pawel; Meli, Marcel; Bellanger, Mathieu; Kauer, Matthias; De Vos, Julien; Pasero, Denis; Schellenberg, Martin,
2019.
AMANDA : an autonomous self-powered miniaturized smart sensing embedded system [Paper].
In:
2019 IEEE 9th International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE-Berlin).
9th International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE), Berlin, Germany, 8-11 September 2019.
IEEE.
S. 324-329.
Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCE-Berlin47944.2019.8966223
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Meli, Marcel; Hegetschweiler, Lukas,
2018.
Harvesting energy from trees in order to power LPWAN IoT nodes [Paper].
In:
Wireless congress proceedings.
Wireless Congress 2018, Munich, 21-22 March 2018.
Munich:
WEKA.
Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-18842
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Meli, Marcel; Brülisauer, Cornel; Bachmann, Philipp Mario,
2017.
Evaluating the performance of smartphones scanning for low energy beacons [Paper].
In:
Proceedings of the Wireless Congress 2017 : Systems & Applications.
Wireless Congress 2017, Munich, Germany, 15-16 November 2017.
WEKA.
Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-20064
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Meli, Marcel; Kräuchi, Raphael,
2017.
Limitations of current LP-WAN systems [Paper].
In:
Proceedings of the Wireless Congress 2017 : Systems & Applications.
Wireless Congress 2017, Munich, Germany, 15-16 November 2017.
WEKA.
Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-20065
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Meli, Marcel; Dillersberger, Harald,
2014.
Efficiently harvesting energy from temperature differences in order to power wireless systems [Paper].
In:
Wireless Congress: Systems & Applications, Munich, Germany, 12-13 November 2014.
ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.
Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-7145
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Brütsch, Manuel; Brülisauer, Cornel; Widmer, Lukas; Kräuchi, Raphael; Truninger, Dominique; Meli, Marcel,
2018.
Comparing the energy requirements of bluetooth smart devices (November 2018) [Paper].
In:
Wireless Congress Proceedings.
Wireless Power Congress 2018, Munich, Germany, 21-22 March 2018.
WEKA.
Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3163
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Meli, Marcel,
2018.
Energy harvesting : after the hype comes later success.
elektroniknet.
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Meli, Marcel,
2018.
Energy harvesting : nach dem Hype kommt später Erfolg.
Elektronik.
2018(16).
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Alarcòn, Eduard; Carrara, sandro; La Rosa, Roberto; Manalo, Sherryl; Meli, Marcel; Paun, Maria-Alexandra; Urard, Pascal; Zysset, Christoph,
2018.
Low power wireless embedded systems
.
In:
Coustans, Mathieu; Dehollain, Catherine, Hrsg.,
Power Management for Internet of Everything.
Aalborg:
River Publishers.
S. 233-264.
Tutorials in Circuits and Systems.
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Meli, Marcel; Hegetschweiler, Lukas,
2016.
Affordable energy autonomous wireless sensor for day and night [Paper].
In:
Embedded World Conference, Nuremberg, Germany, 23-25 February 2016.
WEKA Fachmedien.
Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2001
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Gugg, Mathias; Brütsch, Manuel; Brülisauer, Cornel; Meli, Marcel,
2016.
Comparing the energy requirements of current bluetooth smart solutions (February 2016) [Paper].
In:
Embedded World Conference, Nuremberg, Germany, 23-25 February 2016.
WEKA Fachmedien.
Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1999
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Meli, Marcel; Rion, Olivier; Widmer, Lukas,
2016.
Easy and safe pairing for bluetooth smart [Paper].
In:
13. Wireless Congress: Systems & Applications, Munich, 9-10 November 2016.
WEKA Fachmedien.
Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1996
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Meli, Marcel; Bachmann, Philipp Mario,
2016.
Powering long range wireless nodes with harvested energy [Paper].
In:
13. Wireless Congress: Systems & Applications, Munich, 9-10 November 2016.
WEKA Fachmedien.
Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2000
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Meli, Marcel; Roth, Niklas,
2015.
Unmögliches möglich machen : LEDs als günstige Energiesammler für autarke Kleinstenergieverbraucher.
Polyscope.
2015(20).
Verfügbar unter: https://www.polyscope.ch/archiv/2015/20/unmoegliches-moeglich-machen/
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Meli, Marcel,
2015.
In:
Bluetooth Europe 2015, London, 15-16 September 2015.
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Meli, Marcel; Roth, Niklas; Gutzwiller, Pius,
2015.
LEDs as cost-effective energy harvesters for IoT sensor nodes [Paper].
In:
IDTechEx Conference, Energy Harvesting & Storage 2015, Berlin, Germany, April 2015.
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Meli, Marcel; Rion, Olivier,
2015.
Streaming speech and music using bluetooth low energy [Paper].
In:
Embedded World Conference, Nuremberg, Germany, 24-26 February 2015.
WEKA Fachmedien.
Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1997
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Meli, Marcel; Roth, Niklas; Gutzwiller, Pius,
2015.
Wireless sensing using LEDs as very low-cost energy harvesters [Paper].
In:
Embedded World Conference, Nuremberg, Germany, 24-26 February 2015.
WEKA Fachmedien.
Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1998
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Hegetschweiler, Lukas; Meli, Marcel,
2014.
Polyscope.
2014(22).
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Meli, Marcel; Gutzwiller, Pius,
2014.
Polyscope.
2014(11).
Verfügbar unter: https://www.polyscope.ch/archiv/2014/11/proprietaer-oder-doch-lieber-standard/
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Bernegger, Jachen; Meli, Marcel,
2014.
Comparing the energy requirements of current Bluetooth Smart solutions [Paper].
In:
Embedded World Conference, Nuremberg, Germany, 25-27 February 2014.
WEKA Fachmedien.
Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2010
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Dündar, Dario; Hegetschweiler, Lukas; Meli, Marcel,
2014.
Traffic analyzer front-end for complex IEEE 802.15.4 applications [Paper].
In:
European ZigBee Developers Conference 2014, Munich, Germany, 12-13 November 2014.
WEKA Fachmedien.
Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2009
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Meli, Marcel,
2013.
Accelerometer-based wireless remote control powered with harvested energy [Paper].
In:
Design & Elektronik Entwicklerforum, Munich, Germany, 9 October 2013.
WEKA Fachmedien.
Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2011
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Meli, Marcel; Truninger, Dominique; Rüst, Andreas; Häring, Benjamin,
2013.
Bluetooth low energy everywhere : using the audio interface to bring Ble features to any smart phone [Paper].
In:
Wireless Congress: Systems & Applications, Munich, Germany, 6-7 November 2013.
München:
WEKA.
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Meli, Marcel; Wuerth, Michael,
2012.
Advertising position with battery-less Bluetooth low energy [Paper].
In:
Embedded World Conference, Nuremberg, Germany, 28 February - 1 March 2012.
WEKA Fachmedien.
Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2019
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Meli, Marcel; Da Silva, Marcel,
2011.
Battery-less sensor nodes for 802.15.4/ZigBee wireless networks [Paper].
In:
Wireless Congress: Systems & Applications, Munich, Germany, 9-10 November 2011.
WEKA.
Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2018
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Meli, Marcel; Beerli, Urs,
2011.
Indoor battery-less temperature and humidity sensor for Bluetooth Low Energy [Paper].
In:
Wireless Congress: Systems & Applications, Munich, Germany, 9-10 November 2011.
WEKA Fachmedien.
Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2020
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Condrau, D.; Zimmerman, L.; Gysel, M.; Wuerms, M.; Meli, Marcel,
2009.
A touch and pair system for battery-free 802.15.4/ZigBee home automation networks [Paper].
In:
3rd European ZigBee Developer's Conference, Munich, Germany, 30 June - 1 July 2009.
WEKA Fachmedien.
Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2016
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Keller, Sven; Schweizer, Michael; Meli, Marcel,
2009.
Intelligent and passive RFID tag for identification and sensing [Paper].
In:
Embedded World Conference, Nuremberg, Germany, 3-5 March 2009.
WEKA Fachmedien.
Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2015
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Meli, Marcel,
2009.
Bulletin: Fachzeitschrift und Verbandsinformationen von Electrosuisse und VSE.
100(11), S. 37-42.
Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2012
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Meli, Marcel; Bluem, Alex,
2008.
A battery-less switch for use in 802.15.4 / ZigBee applications [Paper].
In:
2nd European ZigBee Developers' Conference, Munich, 24-25 June 2008.
WEKA Fachmedien.
Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2014
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Benoît, David; Almer, Daniel; Würms, Martin; Meli, Marcel; Käser, Hans,
2008.
Asynchronous wake-up scheme for wireless light curtains [Paper].
In:
5. Wireless Congress: Systems & Applications, Munich, 12-13 November 2008.
WEKA Fachmedien.
Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2021
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Meli, Marcel; Blättler, Samuel; Gysel, Martin; Kunz, Valentin,
2008.
Bidirectional 868/915 MHz wireless module powered with energy harverster [Paper].
In:
10th Wireless Technologies Congress, Bochum, 23-24 September 2008.
Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft AKA.
Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2013
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Gysel, Martin; Meli, Marcel,
2008.
Connecting IEEE 802.15.4 / ZigBee devices in difficult physical Environments [Paper].
In:
2nd European ZigBee Developers' Conference, Munich, 24-25 June 2008.
WEKA Fachmedien.
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Meli, Marcel; Gysel, Martin; Würms, Martin,
2007.
Low cost solutions to pairing issues in IEEE 802.15.4 networks [Paper].
In:
1st European ZigBee Developers' Conference, Munich, 18-20 June 2007.
WEKA Fachmedien.
Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2022
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Künzli, Martin V.; Meli, Marcel,
2007.
Vom Gatter zu VHDL : eine Einführung in die Digitaltechnik.
3. Auflage.
Zürich:
vdf Hochschulverlag.
ISBN 978-3-7281-3125-6.
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Meli, Marcel; Gysel, Martin; Sommerhalder, Marc,
2006.
Using IEEE 802.15.4/ZigBee in audio applications [Paper].
In:
Embedded World Conference, Nuremberg, Germany, 14-16 February 2006.
WEKA Fachmedien.
Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2023
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Meli, Marcel; Favre, Sebastien,
2022.
Harvesting energy in low light environments to power embedded systems.
In:
Wireless Congress 2022 : Systems & Applications, Munich, Germany, 16-17 November 2022.
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Meli, Marcel; Maij, Benjamin,
2021.
Battery-free LPWAN nodes for bridges and walls.
In:
Embedded World Conference 2021, online, 1.-5. März 2021.
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Meli, Marcel,
2020.
Achieving energy autonomy for LPWAN nodes.
In:
Proceedings of the Wireless Congress 2020 : Systems & Applications.
Wireless Congress 2020 : Systems & Applications, virtual, 10-12 November 2020.
München:
WEKA.
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Meli, Marcel; Maij, Benjamin,
2020.
Autonomous wireless sensors for walls and bridges.
In:
Proceedings of the Wireless Congress 2020 : Systems & Applications.
Wireless Congress 2020 : Systems & Applications, virtual, 10-12 November 2020.
München:
WEKA.
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Meli, Marcel,
2020.
In:
Proceedings of the Wireless Congress 2020 : Systems & Applications.
Wireless Congress 2020 : Systems & Applications, virtual, 10-12 November 2020.
München:
WEKA.
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Rion, Olivier; Meli, Marcel,
2014.
BLE compatible low power window sensor for energy management.
In:
swissT.meeting: Embedded Computing Conference, Winterthur, 1. Juli 2014.
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Meli, Marcel; Rion, Olivier,
2013.
Low power window detector for ZigBee home automation applications.
In:
7th European ZigBee Developers' Conference, Munich, Germany, 6-7 November 2013.
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Rion, Olivier; Meli, Marcel; Hutzler, Markus,
2013.
Emulating complex HF-RFID protocols for identity and sensing.
In:
swissT.meeting: Embedded Computing Conference, Winterthur, 27. August 2013.
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Bernegger, Jachen; Meli, Marcel,
2013.
Energieverbrauch von verschiedene Bluetooth Smart Varianten.
In:
swissT.meeting: Embedded Computing Conference, Winterthur, 27. August 2013.
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Meli, Marcel; Kizhakenath, Abhilash; Beerli, Urs,
2013.
Using Bluetooth Smart with energy harvesting.
In:
Embedded World Conference, Nuremberg, Germany, 26-28 February 2013.
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Meli, Marcel; Da Silva, Marcel,
2012.
Using FRAM in battery - less 802.15.4/zigBee applications.
In:
6th European ZigBee Developer's Conference, Munich, Germany, 27-28 June 2012.
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Doran, Hans; Meli, Marcel,
2009.
Verbesserung autonomer Roboternavigation mit RFID basierten Pheromonen.
In:
11th Wireless Technologies Congress, Stuttgart, Deutschland, 29.-30. September 2009.
Publikationen vor Tätigkeit an der ZHAW
- Patent: US6657451, WO0140816 Method and integrated circuit arranged for feeding a test forcing pattern on a single shared pin of the circuit Inventor(s): MELI LOUIS MARCEL [CH] Applicant(s): KONINKL PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV [NL]
- Patent: US6728900, WO0120455, EP1129408 Microcomputer with test instruction memory Inventor(s): MELI LOUIS MARCEL [CH] Applicant(s): KONINKL PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV [NL]
- Patent: US7155597 Data processing device with aliased data pointer register Inventor(s): MELI LOUIS M [CH] Applicant(s): NXP BV [NL]
Patente und Patentanmeldungen
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Meli, Marcel; Dündar, Dario; Koller, Stefan,
2020.
Patentnummer DE102019125080 A1
(2020-03-19)
.
Verfügbar unter: https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search?q=pn%3DDE102019125080A1
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Matter, Dieter; Mumenthaler, Sven; Meli, Marcel,
2016.
Patentnummer EP3018826 A1
(2016-11-05)
.
Verfügbar unter: https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search?q=pn%3DEP3018826A1
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Matter, Dieter; Meli, Marcel; Sivasubramaniam, Venkatesh; Cartmann, Thomas; Hutzler, Markus; Kizhakenath, Abhilash,
2013.
Piezoelectric signal generator.
Patentnummer EP2636083 A1
(2013-09-11)
.
Verfügbar unter: https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search?q=pn%3DEP2636083A1
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Koller, Philippe; Meli, Marcel; Gysel, Martin; Wuerms, Martin,
2011.
Wireless, self-contained remote control.
Patentnummer EP2363845 A1
(2011-09-07)
.
Verfügbar unter: https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search?q=pn%3DEP2363845A1