Micro-power photovoltaic harvester based on a frequency-to-voltage MPPT tracker

被引:6
作者
Chini, A. [1 ]
Rovati, L. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Modena & Reggio Emilia, Dept Informat Engn, I-41125 Modena, Italy
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D O I
10.1049/el.2010.0563
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 micro-power circuit for photovoltaic energy harvesting applications is presented. The system can work in different lighting power ranging from a few tens of microwatts to milliwatts maintaining tracking of the maximum output power operational conditions of the photovoltaic cells. The energy harvesting efficiency ranges from 30 to 70%.
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页码:587 / U66
页数:2
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