Title :
Efficient Power Management Circuit: Thermal Energy Harvesting to Above-IC Microbattery Energy Storage
Author :
Lhermet, H. ; Condemine, C. ; Plissonnier, M. ; Salot, R. ; Audebert, P. ; Rosset, M.
Author_Institution :
CEA LETI, Grenoble
Abstract :
An autonomous power generator unit includes 2 micropower sources and their associated management IC; a 1V miniature thermogenerator and RF power receiver are combined with a micropower DC-DC upconverter, power supply manager and microbattery charger, and a 5nW discharge monitor, to manage and store the harvested energy in a 30mm2 above-IC deposited microbattery.
Keywords :
cells (electric); integrated circuits; power convertors; thermal energy storage; 1 V; 5 nW; DC-DC upconverter; RF power receiver; autonomous power generator; discharge monitor; microbattery energy storage; miniature thermogenerator; power management circuit; power supply manager; thermal energy; Circuits; Energy management; Energy storage; Monitoring; Power generation; Pulse width modulation inverters; Radio frequency; Switches; Thermal management; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2007. ISSCC 2007. Digest of Technical Papers. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0853-9
Electronic_ISBN :
0193-6530
DOI :
10.1109/ISSCC.2007.373588