A nanocurrent power management IC for multiple heterogeneous energy harvesting sources

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 5665-5680

  Dini, Michele ^a   Romani, Aldo ^a   Filippi, Matteo ^a   Bottarel, Valeria ^b   Ricotti, Giulio ^b   Tartagni, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b STMICROELECTRONICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fractional open circuit voltage (FOCV); maximum power point tracking (MPPT); multisource energy harvesting; nanopower design; photovoltaic (PV); piezoelectric transducers (PZs); thermoelectric generators (TEGs)

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT TRACKING; ENERGY HARVESTING; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKERS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PIEZOELECTRICITY; POWER CONVERTERS; POWER MANAGEMENT; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRICITY; TRANSDUCERS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

FRACTIONAL OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGES; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING; MULTI-SOURCE ENERGY HARVESTING; PHOTOVOLTAIC; THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS;

INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN;

EID: 84930225254     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2014.2379622     Document Type: Article

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