An ultra-low power fully integrated energy harvester based on self-oscillating switched-capacitor voltage doubler

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2800-2811

  Jung, Wanyeong ^a   Oh, Sechang ^a   Bang, Suyoung ^a   Lee, Yoonmyung ^a,b   Foo, Zhiyoong ^a   Kim, Gyouho ^a   Zhang, Yiqun ^a   Sylvester, Dennis ^a   Blaauw, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

DC DC converter; energy harvester; self oscillating; switched capacitor; ultra low power; voltage doubler

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DC-DC CONVERTERS; ENERGY HARVESTING; SOLAR CELLS;

ENERGY HARVESTER; LOW POWER; SELF-OSCILLATING; SWITCHED CAPACITOR; VOLTAGE DOUBLER;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 85027941017     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2014.2346788     Document Type: Article

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