CMOS Circuits for Electromagnetic Vibration Transducers Interfaces for Ultra-Low Voltage Energy Harvesting /

• Main Authors: Maurath, Dominic (Author), Manoli, Yiannos (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Springer Series in Advanced Microelectronics, 49
• Subjects: Physics.; Energy harvesting.; Electronic circuits.; Electronic Circuits and Devices.; Energy Harvesting.; Circuits and Systems.

Chip-integrated power management solutions are a must for ultra-low power systems. This enables not only the optimization of innovative sensor applications. It is also essential for integration and miniaturization of energy harvesting supply strategies of portable and autonomous monitoring systems....

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• Preface
• Part I Application Background and Energy Harvester Interfacing
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Basic Transducer Interfacing Concepts
• Part II Circuits and Functional Blocks
• 3 Low-Voltage CMOS Design Fundamentals
• 4 0.5-V Low-Power Analog Circuits
• Part III Prototype Development and Circuit Integration
• 5 Low-Voltage Rectification of High-resistive Sources
• 6 Input Load Adapting Charge Pump Interface
• 7 Load Matching Detector
• 8 Switched-Inductor Capacitive Interface
• 9 Conclusion and Future Aspects
• A Application Load Profile
• B Electromagnetic Transducer - Model and Properties
• C MPP Tracking - Power Transfer Timing
• D MOS Devices and XH035 Process
• E Circuit Blocks Implementation Tables
• F AC-DC Rectification
• G Load Matching Detector
• H Switched Inductor Capacitive Interface
• I Source Code Listings and Models
• Index.