A battery-less thermoelectric energy harvesting interface circuit with 35 mV startup voltage

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 333-341

  Ramadass, Yogesh K ^a   Chandrakasan, Anantha P ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy harvesting; low voltage startup; maximum power point tracking; micro power DC DC converters; thermoelectric energy harvesters

Indexed keywords

BATTERY-LESS; CMOS PROCESSS; EFFICIENT CONTROL; ELECTRICAL ENERGY; HUMAN BODIES; INPUT VOLTAGES; INTERFACE CIRCUITS; LOW VOLTAGES; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING; MICROPOWER; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; STARTUP CIRCUIT; STORAGE CAPACITOR; THERMOELECTRIC ENERGY;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DC POWER TRANSMISSION; DC-DC CONVERTERS; HARVESTERS; HARVESTING; LOGIC CIRCUITS; OPTICAL FLOWS; PUMPS;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 78650859161     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2010.2074090     Document Type: Conference Paper

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