A fully integrated and battery-free interface for low-voltage electromagnetic energy harvesters

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 3712-3719

  Uluşan, Hasan ^a   Gharehbaghi, Kaveh ^a   Zorlu, Özge ^a   Muhtaroʇlu, Ali ^a   Külah, Haluk ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic power generation; Fully integrated interface electronics; Low voltage AC DC conversion

Indexed keywords

DC-DC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ENERGY HARVESTING; LOGIC CIRCUITS; RECTIFYING CIRCUITS;

AC/DC CONVERSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC POWER GENERATION; ENERGY HARVESTER; FULLY INTEGRATED; INTERFACE CIRCUITS; LOW VOLTAGE CHARGE PUMPS; RECTIFIER STAGE; RING OSCILLATOR;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 84923899983     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2014.2344915     Document Type: Article

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