Low-power design of a self-powered piezoelectric energy harvesting system with maximum power point tracking

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2298-2308

  Kong, Na ^a   Ha, Dong Sam ^a  

^a State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Impedance matching; piezoelectric transducers; power conditioning; power conversion; pulse frequency modulation

Indexed keywords

CLOCK FREQUENCY; CURRENT SENSORS; DISCONTINUOUS CONDUCTION MODE; DYNAMIC POWER DISSIPATION; ENERGY HARVESTING SYSTEMS; FLYBACK CONVERTERS; LOW POWER; LOW-POWER DESIGN; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING; MICROCONTROLLER UNIT; OPERATING CONDITION; PIEZOELECTRIC CANTILEVERS; PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY HARVESTING; POWER CONDITIONING; POWER CONVERSION; POWER EFFICIENCY; POWER-LOSSES; SELF-POWERED; TIME INTERVAL;

CLOCKS; IMPEDANCE MATCHING (ELECTRIC); NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; PULSE TIME MODULATION;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 84858068948     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2011.2172960     Document Type: Article

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