A Low-Power and Low-Voltage Power Management Strategy for On-Chip Micro Solar Cells

Journal of Sensors

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Cevik, Ismail ^a   Ay, Suat U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DC-DC CONVERTERS; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; LOW POWER ELECTRONICS; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKERS; MONOCRYSTALLINE SILICON; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; POWER MANAGEMENT; SILICON; SOLAR CELLS;

FUNDAMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS; MAXIMUM POWER POINT; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING; POLY-CRYSTALLINE SILICON; POWER MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; PROCESS TECHNOLOGIES; SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE; SOLAR CELL STRUCTURES;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84935849323     PISSN: 1687725X     EISSN: 16877268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/739871     Document Type: Article

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