A 1.1 nW energy-harvesting system with 544 pW quiescent power for next-generation implants

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2812-2824

  Bandyopadhyay, Saurav ^a,b   Mercier, Patrick P ^c   Lysaght, Andrew C ^d   Stankovic, Konstantina M ^e   Chandrakasan, Anantha P ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b TEXAS INSTRUMENTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Boost converter; charge pump; endo cochlear potential (EP); energy harvesting; low power design

Indexed keywords

CHARGE PUMP CIRCUITS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; ENERGY GAP; ENERGY HARVESTING; MAMMALS; POWER CONTROL; POWER CONVERTERS; ZERO CURRENT SWITCHING;

BOOST CONVERTER; CHARGE PUMP; DIGITAL IMPLEMENTATION; ENDO-COCHLEAR POTENTIAL (EP); ENDOCOCHLEAR POTENTIALS; ENERGY HARVESTING SYSTEMS; LOW-POWER DESIGN; POWER MANAGEMENT UNITS (PMU);

DC-DC CONVERTERS;

EID: 84913593256     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2014.2350260     Document Type: Article

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