An 86% Efficiency 12 μW Self-Sustaining PV Energy Harvesting System With Hysteresis Regulation and Time-Domain MPPT for IOT Smart Nodes

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1424-1437

  Liu, Xiaosen ^a   Sánchez Sinencio, Edgar ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacitor value modulation; energy harvesting; Internet of things; MPPT; photovoltaic; power management

Indexed keywords

ANALOG CIRCUITS; BUDGET CONTROL; CAPACITORS; ENERGY HARVESTING; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HYSTERESIS; INTERNET; MODULATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POWER MANAGEMENT; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ENERGY HARVESTING SYSTEMS; HYSTERESIS CONTROLLER; INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT); LOW-POWER OPERATION; MPPT; OUTPUT REGULATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC; WIRELESS TRANSMITTER;

INTERNET OF THINGS;

EID: 85027956564     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2015.2418712     Document Type: Article

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