Storage-Less and Converter-Less Photovoltaic Energy Harvesting with Maximum Power Point Tracking for Internet of Things

IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 173-186

  Wang, Yiqun ^a   Liu, Yongpan ^a   Wang, Cong ^b   Li, Zewei ^a   Sheng, Xiao ^a   Lee, Hyung Gyu ^c   Chang, Naehyuck ^d   Yang, Huazhong ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TEXAS INSTRUMENTS   (United States)

^c Daegu University   (South Korea)

^d Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Energy harvesting; Maximum power point tracking (MPPT); Photovoltaic systems; Storage less and converter less

Indexed keywords

CHARGING (BATTERIES); ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY STORAGE; INTERNET; INTERNET OF THINGS; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POWER CONVERTERS; RADIO TRANSCEIVERS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

CASCADED POWER CONVERTERS; ENERGY HARVESTING SYSTEMS; MAXIMUM POWER POINT; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY HARVESTING; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; RADIO FREQUENCY TRANSCEIVER;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 84962343680     PISSN: 02780070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCAD.2015.2446937     Document Type: Article

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