A 300-mV low-power management system for energy harvesting applications

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 2273-2281

  Dallago, Enrico ^a   Barnabei, Alessandro Lazzarini ^a   Liberale, Alessandro ^a   Torelli, Guido ^a   Venchi, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Energy harvesting; Low power; Low voltage reference; Microbial fuel cell (MFC); Wireless sensor network (WSN)

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; CHARGE TRANSFER; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; FUEL CELLS; HARVESTERS; LOW POWER ELECTRONICS; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POWER MANAGEMENT; SWITCHING CIRCUITS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

CHARGE TRANSFER EFFICIENCY; ENERGY STORAGE MODULES; LOW POWER; LOW VOLTAGES; POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; PROGRAMMABLE DEVICES; SWITCHING CONVERTER; SYSTEM OPERATION;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 84949604785     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2015.2431439     Document Type: Article

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