Modelling and Simulation an AC-DC Rectifier Circuit Based on Piezoelectric Vibration Sensor for Energy Harvesting System

2015 ◽  
Vol 785 ◽  
pp. 131-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahidur R. Sarker ◽  
Azah Mohamed ◽  
Ramizi Mohamed
Keyword(s):  
Energy Harvesting ◽  
Low Power ◽  
Input Voltage ◽  
Boost Converter ◽  
Vibration Sensor ◽  
Power Circuit ◽  
Ultra Low Power ◽  
Rectifier Circuit ◽  
Vibration Transducer ◽  
Piezoelectric Vibration

This paper presents the modeling of a full-wave rectifier circuit based on piezoelectric vibration transducer for energy-harvester system. Piezoelectric vibration crystals are a viable means of harvesting energy for low-power embedded systems e.g. wireless sensor network. Distinct power handling circuits are assessed with the presence of piezoelectric vibration based energy harvesting transducer. Inside the interface circuit, the voltage should be started up when the AC input voltage is very low to supply a regulated DC voltage up to 2V. An active technique is chosen to design an ultra-low power circuit from a piezoelectric vibration transducer. MOSFET bride ac–dc rectifier, energy storage device e.g. capacitor and boost converter with regulator are the common components of the energy harvesting circuits. An integrated promoter ac-dc rectifier circuit and boost converter that accept a maximum input voltage of 0.3V and provide a regulated output voltage of 2V serve as the supply. The MOSFET and thyristor are considered to develop the proposed circuit replacing conventional ac-dc rectifier due to low input voltage at which diode does not work.

ULTRA-LOW POWER BOOST CONVERTER WITH CONSTANT ON-TIME-BASED MPPT FOR ENERGY HARVESTING APPLICATIONS

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (02) ◽  
pp. 1450027 ◽  
Author(s):  
MINGYANG CHEN ◽  
MENGLIAN ZHAO ◽  
QING LIU ◽  
LU WANG ◽  
XIAOBO WU
Keyword(s):  
Energy Harvesting ◽  
Low Power ◽  
Power Efficiency ◽  
Input Voltage ◽  
Boost Converter ◽  
Cmos Process ◽  
Ultra Low Power ◽  
Voltage Range ◽  
Point Tracking ◽  
Power Point

An ultra-low power boost converter for energy harvesting applications is introduced in this brief. The idle power dissipation is reduced to 800 nW by using a novel output voltage detector (OVD) which is insensitive to temperature variation and process deviation. Furthermore, a constant on-time (COT)-based hysteretic burst mode controller with maximum power point tracking (MPPT) technique is developed to ensure high power efficiency for a wide input voltage range. After startup, the input voltage can be set as low as 30 mV. The whole system is designed and fabricated in SMIC 0.18 μm CMOS process, the end-to-end power efficiency of this converter can reach 49% at 350 mV input voltage and 65% at 750 mV input voltage.

Vibration Based Energy Harvesting Interface Circuit using Diode-Capacitor Topologies for Low Power Applications

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 1943
Author(s):  
Amirul Adlan Amirnudin ◽  
Farahiyah Mustafa ◽  
Anis Maisarah Mohd Asry ◽  
Sy Yi Sim
Keyword(s):  
Energy Harvesting ◽  
Low Power ◽  
Printed Circuit Board ◽  
Electrical Energy ◽  
Input Voltage ◽  
Boost Converter ◽  
Circuit Board ◽  
Pass Filter ◽  
Low Pass Filter ◽  
Interface Circuit

<span>A battery-less energy harvesting interface circuit to extract electrical energy from vibration has been proposed in this paper for low power applications. The voltage doubler integrated with DC – DC boost converter circuits were designed and simulated using MultiSIM software. The circuit was then fabricated onto a printed circuit board (PCB), using standard fabrication process. The Cockcroft Walton doubler was chosen to be implemented in this study by utilizing diode-capacitor topologies with additional RC low pass filter. The DC – DC boost converter has been designed using a CMOS step -up DC – DC switching regulators, which are suitable for low input voltage system. The achievement of this interface circuit was able to boost up the maximum voltage of 5 V for input voltage of 800 mV.</span>

Bio-inspired circuitry of bee-bootstrap and Spider-latch comparator for ultra-low power SAR-ADC

Circuit World ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Yasir Faheem ◽  
Shun'an Zhong ◽  
Xinghua Wang ◽  
Muhammad Basit Azeem
Keyword(s):  
Low Power ◽  
Dynamic Range ◽  
Supply Voltage ◽  
Work Load ◽  
Input Voltage ◽  
Sar Adc ◽  
Power Circuit ◽  
Ultra Low Power ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Number Of Components

Purpose There are many types of the ADCs implemented in the mobile and wireless devices. Most of these devices are battery operated and operational at low input voltage. SAR ADC is popular for its low power operations and simple architecture. Scientists are still working to make its working faster under the same low power area. There are many SAR-ADC implemented in the past two decades, but still, there is a big room for dual SAR-ADC. Design/methodology/approach The authors are presenting a dual SAR-ADC with a smaller number of components and blocks. The proposed ultra-low-power circuit of the SAR-ADC consists of four major blocks, which include Bee-bootstrap, Spider-Latch dual comparator, dual SAR-logic and dual digital to analog converter. The authors have used the 90-nm CMOS library for the construction of the design. Findings The power breaks down of the comparator are dramatically improved from 0.006 to 0.003 uW. The ultimate design has 5 MHz operating frequency with 25 KS/s sampling frequency. The supply voltage is 1.2 V with 35.724 uW power consumption. Signal-to-noise and distortion ratio and spurious-free dynamic range are 65 and 84 dB, respectively. The Walden's figure of merits calculated 7.08 fj/step. Originality/value The authors are proposing two-in-one circuit for SAR-ADC named as “dual SAR-ADC”, which obeys the basic equation of duality, derived and proved under the heading of proposed solution. It shows a clear difference between the performance of two circuit-based ADC and one dual circuit ADC. The number of components is reduced by sharing the work load of some key components.

scholarly journals Ultra-low-power circuit techniques for mm-size wireless sensor nodes with energy harvesting

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (20) ◽  
pp. 20142009-20142009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroki Morimura ◽  
Shoichi Oshima ◽  
Kenichi Matsunaga ◽  
Toshishige Shimamura ◽  
Mitsuru Harada
Keyword(s):  
Energy Harvesting ◽  
Low Power ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Wireless Sensor Nodes ◽  
Power Circuit ◽  
Ultra Low Power ◽  
Circuit Techniques

scholarly journals A Self-Powered PMFC-Based Wireless Sensor Node for Smart City Applications

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Ayala-Ruiz ◽  
Alejandro Castillo Atoche ◽  
Erica Ruiz-Ibarra ◽  
Edith Osorio de la Rosa ◽  
Javier Vázquez Castillo
Keyword(s):  
Energy Harvesting ◽  
Low Power ◽  
Sensor Node ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Cloud Services ◽  
Environmental Data ◽  
Security And Privacy ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Ultra Low Power ◽  
Self Powered

Long power wide area networks (LPWAN) systems play an important role in monitoring environmental conditions for smart cities applications. With the development of Internet of Things (IoT), wireless sensor networks (WSN), and energy harvesting devices, ultra-low power sensor nodes (SNs) are able to collect and monitor the information for environmental protection, urban planning, and risk prevention. This paper presents a WSN of self-powered IoT SNs energetically autonomous using Plant Microbial Fuel Cells (PMFCs). An energy harvesting device has been adapted with the PMFC to enable a batteryless operation of the SN providing power supply to the sensor network. The low-power communication feature of the SN network is used to monitor the environmental data with a dynamic power management strategy successfully designed for the PMFC-based LoRa sensor node. Environmental data of ozone (O3) and carbon dioxide (CO2) are monitored in real time through a web application providing IoT cloud services with security and privacy protocols.

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