Improved Energy Management System for Low-Voltage, Low-Power Energy Harvesting Sources

D. Newell, M. Duffy

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Abstract

This paper focuses on improving the energy conversion process for low-voltage energy harvester powered wireless sensors by optimising the conversion stages for pulsed sensor operation. The proposed circuit has been designed to operate efficiently with both a low-voltage low-power energy harvester source and a low-power pulsed load. This ensures that continuous conversion losses are kept to a minimum and power is only delivered to the sensor when required. This has shown an increase in energy delivered to a sensor of up to 10% versus that of the best existing solution.

Original languageEnglish
Article number012106
JournalJournal of Physics: Conference Series
Volume773
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 14 Dec 2016
Event16th International Conference on Micro and Nanotechnology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications, PowerMEMS 2016 - Paris, France
Duration: 6 Dec 20169 Dec 2016

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