Platform architecture for solar, thermal, and vibration energy combining with MPPT and single inductor

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2199-2215

  Bandyopadhyay, Saurav ^a   Chandrakasan, Anantha P ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual path architecture; energy combining; energy harvesting; energy scavenging; inductor sharing; maximum power point tracking; perturb and observe; photovoltaic cell; piezoelectric harvester; thermoelectric generator; wireless sensor nodes

Indexed keywords

DUAL PATH; ENERGY COMBINING; ENERGY SCAVENGING; INDUCTOR SHARING; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING; PERTURB AND OBSERVE; PIEZOELECTRIC HARVESTER; THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS; WIRELESS SENSOR NODE;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC NETWORK SYNTHESIS; ENERGY HARVESTING; HARVESTERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SWITCHING SYSTEMS; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRICITY;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84865508481     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2012.2197239     Document Type: Article

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