A Self-Powered Hybrid Energy Scavenging System Utilizing RF and Vibration Based Electromagnetic Harvesters

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2015-12-04

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Ulusan, H.
Gharehbaghi, K.
Zorlu, O.
Muhtaroglu, A.
Külah, Haluk

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This study presents a novel hybrid system that combines the power generated simultaneously by a vibration-based Electromagnetic (EM) harvester and a UHF band RF harvester. The novel hybrid scavenger interface uses a power management circuit in 180 nm CMOS technology to step-up and to regulate the combined output. At the first stage of the system, the RF harvester generates positive DC output with a 7-stage threshold compensated rectifier, while the EM harvester generates negative DC output with a self-powered AC/DC negative doubler circuit. At the second stage, the generated voltages are serially added, stepped-up with an on-chip charge pump circuit, and regulated to a typical battery voltage of 3 V. Test results indicate that the hybrid operation enables generation of 9 mu W at 3 V output for a wide range of input stimulations, which could not be attained with either harvesting mode by itself. Moreover the hybrid system behaves as a typical battery, and keeps the output voltage stable at 3 V up to 18 mu W of output power. The presented system is the first battery-like harvester to our knowledge that generates energy from two independent sources and regulates the output to a stable DC voltage.

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General Physics and Astronomy

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/38989

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https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/660/1/012023

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Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Conference / Seminar

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H. Ulusan, K. Gharehbaghi, O. Zorlu, A. Muhtaroglu, and H. Külah, “A Self-Powered Hybrid Energy Scavenging System Utilizing RF and Vibration Based Electromagnetic Harvesters,” 2015, vol. 660, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/38989.