Efficient direct ac-to-dc converters for vibration-based low voltage energy harvesting

IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference)

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 2320-2325

  Dwari, Suman ^a   Dayal, Rohan ^a   Parsa, Leila ^a   Salama, Khaled Nabil ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIDGE CIRCUITS; DIODES; ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT; HARVESTING; INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS; POWER CONVERTERS; POWER ELECTRONICS;

AC VOLTAGES; AC-TO-DC; AC-TO-DC CONVERTERS; BIDIRECTIONAL CURRENTS; CONVENTIONAL POWER; CONVERTER TOPOLOGIES; DC VOLTAGE LEVELS; DC-DC BOOST CONVERTERS; DIODE BRIDGE RECTIFIERS; DIODE BRIDGES; ENERGY-HARVESTING; FRONT ENDS; HIGHER EFFICIENCIES; LOAD RESISTANCES; LOW VOLTAGES; MICRO-GENERATORS; MICROGENERATOR; MOSFETS; OPTIMAL ENERGIES; OPTIMUM ENERGIES; SINGLE STAGES; SINGLE-STAGE CONVERTERS; TWO STAGES;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 63149192165     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IECON.2008.4758319     Document Type: Conference Paper

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