A 2-μm BiCMOS rectifier-free AC-DC piezoelectric energy harvester-charger IC

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems

Volumn 4, Issue 6 PART 1, 2010, Pages 400-409

  Kwon, Dongwon ^a   Rincón Mora, Gabriel A ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Battery charger; biomedical implant; body sensor network; energy harvesting; harvester; piezoelectric; rectifier free; switched inductor converter; vibration; wireless microsensor

Indexed keywords

BATTERY CHARGERS; BIOMEDICAL IMPLANTS; BODY-SENSOR NETWORK; PIEZOELECTRIC; RECTIFIER FREE; SWITCHED-INDUCTOR CONVERTER; VIBRATION;

CHARGING (BATTERIES); DC POWER TRANSMISSION; ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; HARVESTERS; HARVESTING; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; MICROSENSORS; MOS DEVICES; NANOSENSORS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SENSOR NETWORKS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL); WIRELESS NETWORKS;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 78649635547     PISSN: 19324545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBCAS.2010.2077288     Document Type: Conference Paper

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