"EChO" reconfigurable power management unit for energy reduction in sleep-active transitions

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1921-1932

  Alioto, Massimo ^a   Consoli, Elio ^b   Rabaey, Jan M ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Maxim Integrated Products   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

DC DC converters; Energy autonomous integrated systems; Power delivery; Self powered integrated systems; Switched capacitor; Ultra low power; Voltage regulator; Wireless sensors

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED SYSTEMS; POWER DELIVERY; SWITCHED CAPACITOR; ULTRA-LOW POWER; WIRELESS SENSOR;

CAPACITORS; DC-DC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; INTEGRATED CONTROL; SENSOR NODES; VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

SLEEP RESEARCH;

EID: 84880916625     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2013.2258816     Document Type: Article

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