Stage number optimization for switched capacitor power converters in micro-scale energy harvesting

Proceedings -Design, Automation and Test in Europe, DATE

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 770-775

  Lu, Chao ^a   Park, Sang Phill ^a   Raghunathan, Vijay ^a   Roy, Kaushik ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

65NM TECHNOLOGY; DESIGN PARAMETERS; ELECTRICAL POWER; ENERGY HARVESTING SYSTEMS; ENERGY TRANSDUCERS; KEY COMPONENT; MICRO-SCALES; MULTI-STAGE; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; SIMULATION RESULT; STAGE NUMBER; SWITCHED-CAPACITOR POWER CONVERTERS; ULTRA-LOW POWER SYSTEMS;

CAPACITORS; CIRCUIT SIMULATION; DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION; POWER CONVERTERS; SOLAR ENERGY;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 79957544866     PISSN: 15301591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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