Startup techniques for 95 mV step-up converter by capacitor pass-on scheme and ${\rm V} \rm TH-Tuned oscillator with fixed charge programming

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1252-1260

  Chen, Po Hung ^a   Ishida, Koichi ^a   Ikeuchi, Katsuyuki ^a   Zhang, Xin ^a   Honda, Kentaro ^a   Okuma, Yasuyuki ^b   Ryu, Yoshikatsu ^b   Takamiya, Makoto ^c   Sakurai, Takayasu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY ACADEMIC RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

rm V rm TH tuned oscillator; Boost converter; capacitor pass on; DC DC converter; energy harvesting; fixed charge programming; low voltage; startup

Indexed keywords

BOOST CONVERTER; FIXED CHARGES; INPUT VOLTAGES; LOW VOLTAGES; MECHANICAL SWITCH; OFF-CHIP COMPONENTS; OPERATING VOLTAGE; POST-FABRICATION; PROCESS VARIATION; STANDARD CMOS; STEP-UP CONVERTER;

DC-DC CONVERTERS; ENERGY HARVESTING; HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION; REACTOR STARTUP; TRIMMING;

CAPACITORS;

EID: 84862786072     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2012.2185589     Document Type: Conference Paper

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