This paper presents a fully autonomous integrated circuit for power conversion from multiple and heterogeneous energy harvesting transducers. Five input channel are dedicated to vibrational harvesting and exploiting multi-frequency operations. Additional four input channels are dedicated to manage DC sources with independent MPPT applied on each channel. A relevant feature of the design is the use of specific nano-power design techniques which reduce the converter quiescent consumption down to 40 nA/source and still keep energy conversion efficiency up to 82.8%. Only few external components are required: a capacitor for energy storage, an inductor and four capacitors for MPPT on DC sources.

A 40 nA/source energy harvesting power converter for multiple and heterogenerous sources

DINI, MICHELE;FILIPPI, MATTEO;ROMANI, ALDO;TARTAGNI, MARCO
2014

Abstract

This paper presents a fully autonomous integrated circuit for power conversion from multiple and heterogeneous energy harvesting transducers. Five input channel are dedicated to vibrational harvesting and exploiting multi-frequency operations. Additional four input channels are dedicated to manage DC sources with independent MPPT applied on each channel. A relevant feature of the design is the use of specific nano-power design techniques which reduce the converter quiescent consumption down to 40 nA/source and still keep energy conversion efficiency up to 82.8%. Only few external components are required: a capacitor for energy storage, an inductor and four capacitors for MPPT on DC sources.
2014
Proc. of 2014 European Solid-state Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC)
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Michele Dini; Matteo Filippi; Aldo Romani; Valeria Bottarel; Giulio Ricotti; Marco Tartagni
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