Title :
Micro-power photovoltaic harvester based on a frequency-to-voltage MPPT tracker
Author :
Chini, Alessandro ; Rovati, Luigi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Eng., Univ. of Modena & Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
Abstract :
A micro-power circuit for photovoltaic energy harvesting applications is presented. The system can work in different lighting power ranging from a few tens of microwatts to milliwatts maintaining tracking of the maximum output power operational conditions of the photovoltaic cells. The energy harvesting efficiency ranges from 30 to 70%.
Keywords :
energy harvesting; maximum power point trackers; photovoltaic cells; frequency-to-voltage MPPT tracker; micropower photovoltaic harvester; photovoltaic cells; photovoltaic energy harvesting applications;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el.2010.0563