A 400 nW single-inductor dual-input–tri-output DC–DC buck–boost converter with maximum power point tracking for indoor photovoltaic energy harvesting
| Autor: | Kin Wai Roy Chew, Zhuo Chao Sun, Howard Tang, Liter Siek, Guolei Yu |
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| Přispěvatelé: | School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, VIRTUS, IC Design Centre of Excellence |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Engineering
Comparator business.industry Maximum Power Point Tracker Relaxation oscillator Buck–boost converter Electrical engineering Buck–boost Converter Inductor Maximum power point tracking Power (physics) law.invention Capacitor law Energy Harvesting Electronic engineering Electrical and electronic engineering [Engineering] Pulse-skipping Modulation Pulse-frequency Modulation DC-DC Converter Discontinuous Conduction Mode Electrical and Electronic Engineering business Energy harvesting |
| Zdroj: | ISSCC |
| Popis: | This paper presents a single-inductor dual-input–tri-output buck–boost (DITOBB) converter that manages energy harvesting, energy storage, and power rail regulation of an indoor remote sensor system. The converter operates in discontinuous conduction mode (DCM) and regulates the outputs with a combination of pulse-skipping modulation (PSM) and constant-on-time pulse-frequency modulation (PFM). To reduce the quiescent power, all the circuit blocks are turned off when the outputs are within regulation, except a system clock generator. A newly designed relaxation oscillator provides the main clock of the system, which requires neither reference voltages nor comparators. The frequency of the system clock doubles or halves based on the states of the sources and outputs following a proposed algorithm. The DITOBB converter has been designed and fabricated using $0.18\;\upmu \text{m}$ CMOS process. With a quiescent power of 400 nW, the designed DITOBB converter shows a measured peak efficiency of 83% at $100\;\upmu W$ output power. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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