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- Title
Design of a Charge Pump Circuit and System with Input Impedance Modulation for a Flexible-Type Thermoelectric Generator with High-Output Impedance.
- Authors
Koketsu, Kazuma; Tanzawa, Toru; Rajput, Shailendra; Averbukh, Moshe; Rodriguez, Noel
- Abstract
This paper describes a charge pump system for a flexible thermoelectric generator (TEG). Even though the TEG has high-output impedance, the system controls the input voltage to keep it higher than the minimum operating voltage by modulating the input impedance of the charge pump using two-phase operation with low- and high-input impedance modes. The average input impedance can be matched with the output impedance of the TEG. How the system can be designed is also described in detail. A design demonstration was performed for the TEG with 400 Ω. The fabricated system was also measured with a flexible-type TEG based on carbon nanotubes. Even with an output impedance of 1.4 kΩ, the system converted thermal energy into electric power of 30 μW at 2.5 V to the following sensor ICs.
- Subjects
THERMOELECTRIC generators; ON-chip charge pumps; ELECTRIC power; ENERGY harvesting; CARBON nanotubes; IMPEDANCE matching; VOLTAGE control
- Publication
Electronics (2079-9292), 2021, Vol 10, Issue 10, p1212
- ISSN
2079-9292
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/electronics10101212