Low-power ASIC for microwatt electrostatic energy harvesters

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 5639-5647

  Kempitiya, Asantha ^a   Borca Tasciuc, Diana Andra ^b   Hella, Mona Mostafa ^b  

^a INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG   (Germany)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambient vibrations; electrostatic energy conversion; energy harvesting circuits (EHCs); integrated circuits (ICs); synchronous electrostatic harvesting

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTROSTATICS; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY HARVESTING; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; INVESTMENTS;

AMBIENT VIBRATIONS; CHARGING/DISCHARGING; CONTROLLER-INTEGRATED; ELECTROSTATIC ENERGIES; ENERGY-HARVESTING CIRCUITS (EHCS); EVENT-SYNCHRONIZATION; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS (ICS); MONITOR AND CONTROL;

HARVESTING;

EID: 84880301635     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2012.2230891     Document Type: Article

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