A Battery-Less Thermoelectric Energy Harvesting Interface Circuit With 35 mV Startup Voltage

被引：377
作者：
Ramadass, Yogesh K. [1 ]
Chandrakasan, Anantha P. [1 ]
机构：
[1] MIT, Cambridge, MA 02142 USA
来源：
IEEE JOURNAL OF SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS | 2011年 / 46卷 / 01期
关键词：
Energy harvesting; low voltage startup; maximum power point tracking; micro-power DC-DC converters; thermoelectric energy harvesters;
D O I：
10.1109/JSSC.2010.2074090
中图分类号：
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号：
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要：
A battery-less thermoelectric energy harvesting interface circuit to extract electrical energy from human body heat is implemented in a 0.35 mu m CMOS process. A mechanically assisted startup circuit enables operation of the system from input voltages as low as 35 mV. An efficient control circuit that performs maximal transfer of the extracted energy to a storage capacitor and regulates the output voltage at 1.8 V is presented.
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页码：333 / 341
页数：9
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