Experimental investigation of inductorless, single-stage boost rectification for sub-mW electromagnetic energy harvesters

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 361-366

  Szarka, Gyorgy D ^a   Proynov, Plamen P ^a   Stark, Bernard H ^a   Burrow, Stephen G ^a   McNeill, Neville ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AC DC power converters; energy harvesting; Low power electronics; rectifiers

Indexed keywords

AC-DC POWER CONVERTERS; COMPOUND EFFECT; CONVERTER EFFICIENCY; DUTY RATIOS; ENERGY HARVESTER; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; GATE DRIVES; INDUCTORLESS; LOAD CURRENTS; LOW POWER; OUTPUT POWER; SINGLE STAGE; SWITCHING DEVICES;

AC GENERATOR MOTORS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DC POWER TRANSMISSION; DC-DC CONVERTERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ELECTROMAGNETISM; ENERGY HARVESTING; HARVESTERS; LOW POWER ELECTRONICS; POWER ELECTRONICS;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 80052780983     PISSN: 15334678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISLPED.2011.5993665     Document Type: Conference Paper

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