Stage Optimization in Regulated Step-Up for Low Voltage Electromagnetic Energy Harvesters

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2015-03-26

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Ulusan, Hasan
Zorlu, Ozge
Külah, Haluk
Muhtaroglu, Ali

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This paper presents a performance enhancement feature for a novel power management circuit to generate 1.8 V from the low DC voltage rectified at the output of the vibration-based electromagnetic (EM) energy harvesters. The proposed 180 nm circuit utilizes a low voltage charge pump based boost converter with variable output-stages, and an autonomous regulator circuit with negative feedback topology. 2 and 3 stage charge pump options in the variable stage configuration has been validated to extend the supported input voltage range at the same load, or alternatively maintain higher efficiency operation at a higher load range. The simulation results showed that under no-load condition the output voltage reached to 1.8 V for input voltage of 0.65 V and 0.48 V with 2 and 3 stage outputs, respectively. The power conversion efficiency of the power management circuit can be kept stable around 55% by switching from 2 to 3 stages after 3.5 mu A.

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Electromagnetic energy harvester, Vibration-based energy harvesting, Low voltage DC/DC conversion, Charge pump stage optimization

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/54654

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Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Conference / Seminar

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H. Ulusan, O. Zorlu, H. Külah, and A. Muhtaroglu, “Stage Optimization in Regulated Step-Up for Low Voltage Electromagnetic Energy Harvesters,” 2015, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/54654.