A Circuit for Energy Harvesting Using On-Chip Solar Cells
A Circuit for Energy Harvesting Using On-Chip Solar Cells
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使用片上太阳能电池进行能量收集的电路
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发表时间:
2014
影响因子:
6.7
通讯作者:
W. Leon
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作者:
Suvradip Ghosh;Hsuan;W. Leon
This paper addresses on-chip solar energy harvesting and proposes a circuit that can be employed to generate high voltages from integrated photodiodes. The proposed circuit uses a switched-inductor approach to avoid stacking photodiodes to generate high voltages. The effect of parasitic photodiodes present in integrated circuits (ICs) is addressed and a solution to minimize their impact is presented. The proposed circuit employs two switch transistors and two off-chip components: an inductor and a capacitor. A theoretical analysis of a switched-inductor dc-dc converter is carried out and a mathematical model of the energy harvester is developed. Measurements taken from a fabricated IC are presented and shown to be in good agreement with hardware measurements. Measurement results show that voltages of up to 2.81 V (depending on illumination and loading conditions) can be generated from a single integrated photodiode. The energy harvester circuit achieves a maximum conversion efficiency of 59%.
影响因子:
6.7
作者:
Alajmi, Bader N.;Ahmed, Khaled H.;Williams, Barry W.
通讯作者:
Williams, Barry W.