A battery-free energy harvesting system with the switch capacitor sampler (SCS) technique for high power factor in smart meter applications

2011 IEEE/IFIP 19th International Conference on VLSI and System-on-Chip, VLSI-SoC 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 359-362

  Huang, Tzu Chi ^a   Yang, Yao Yi ^a   Lee, Yu Huei ^a   Du, Ming Jhe ^b   Cheng, Shih Hsien ^b   Chen, Ke Horng ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

AC DC converter; Boost converter; DC DC converter; Energy Harvesting; Power factor correction (PFC); Switch capacitor

Indexed keywords

AC POWER; AC-DC CONVERTERS; BOOST CONVERTER; CMOS PROCESSS; CONTROL TECHNIQUES; DIE AREA; ENERGY HARVESTING SYSTEMS; HARVESTING SYSTEM; HIGH POWER FACTOR; POWER DELIVERY; POWER FACTOR CORRECTIONS; SMART METERS; SWITCH CAPACITOR; TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTIONS;

APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CAPACITORS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DC-DC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR CORRECTION; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; ENERGY HARVESTING; FREE ENERGY; HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION;

PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS;

EID: 83755169603     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/VLSISoC.2011.6081609     Document Type: Conference Paper

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