Boost converter with dynamic input impedance matching for energy harvesting with multi-array thermoelectric generators

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 5345-5353

  Carreon Bautista, Salvador ^a   Eladawy, Ahmed ^b   Nader Mohieldin, Ahmed ^b   Sanchez Sinencio, Edgar ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

boost converter; DC DC converter; Energy Harvesting; MPPT; PFM; power management; TEG; thermal harvesting; thermoelectric

Indexed keywords

DC-DC CONVERTERS; ENERGY HARVESTING; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRICITY;

BOOST CONVERTER; MPPT; PFM; POWER MANAGEMENTS; TEG; THERMOELECTRIC;

ELECTRIC CONVERTERS;

EID: 84900554170     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2014.2300035     Document Type: Article

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