Self-powered micro-watt level piezoelectric energy harvesting system with wide input voltage range

• Published in: Analog integrated circuits and signal processing Vol. 98; no. 3; pp. 441 - 451
• Main Authors: Nielsen-Lönn, Martin, Angelov, Pavel, Wikner, J. Jacob, Alvandpour, Atila
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 15.03.2019; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Circuits and Systems; CMOS; Diodes; Electrical Engineering; Energy conversion efficiency; Energy harvesting; Engineering; Low voltage; Piezoelectric transducers; Piezoelectricity; Rectifiers; Signal,Image and Speech Processing; Transducers; Vibration; Voltage converters (DC to DC); Voltage drop; Switching converters; Rectifier; Energy-harvesting; Low-power; Piezoelectric

This paper presents a micro-watt level energy harvesting system for piezoelectric transducers with a wide input voltage range. Many such applications utilizing vibration energy harvesting have a widely varying input voltage and need an interface that can accommodate both low and high input voltages...