Textile Science and Engineering (한국섬유공학회지)

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Design of the Textile-MPPT Charger Circuit of Solar Cell for Wearable Applications

웨어러블 디바이스에 사용될 수 있는 텍스타일 형 MPPT 회로 개발

  • Choi, Minki (Department of Organic Materials and Fiber Engineering, Soongsil University) ;
  • Lee, Joung Uk (Department of Organic Materials and Fiber Engineering, Soongsil University) ;
  • Kim, Jooyong (Department of Organic Materials and Fiber Engineering, Soongsil University)
  • 최민기 (숭실대학교 유기신소재.파이버공학과) ;
  • 이정욱 (숭실대학교 유기신소재.파이버공학과) ;
  • 김주용 (숭실대학교 유기신소재.파이버공학과)
  • Received : 2018.05.23
  • Accepted : 2018.08.11
  • Published : 2018.08.31
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Abstract

In this paper, the development of a small-sized MPPT (maximum power point tracking) circuit and its application for maximum output conversion by a solar cell in commercialized wearable fashion is reported. Using the Texas Instruments BQ25570 Energy Harvesting IC programmable chip, we implemented a hybrid DC-DC converter circuit of boost and buck converters. We designed two types of charging methods. The first method was a USB direct charging method (5.0 V, 1.0 A) using the MCP-73 8-32-2ACI voltage regulator (step-down voltage). The second method was continuous energy harvesting with a MPPT function, using a 4 V or less low-power solar energy source. Based on the circuit design, we developed a CLT (copper lamination textile) technology, which can be used to develop a fabric using PCBs as substrate materials in electronic circuit application technologies for wearable devices. Although the circuit could not be bent completely, this textile substrate can be used for future research on wearable devices. We tested the operation and power conversion using the MPPT converter circuit as the power input for a low-power solar cell energy source under international standards for sun conditions.

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