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http://dx.doi.org/10.6109/jkiice.2012.16.11.2487

Design of a Thermal Energy Harvesting Circuit with MPPT Control  

Yoon, Eun-Jung (인천대학교 전자공학과)
Kim, Su-Jin (인천대학교 전자공학과)
Park, Kum-Young (인천대학교 전자공학과)
Oh, Won-Seok (전자부품연구원 SoC연구센터)
Yu, Chong-Gun (인천대학교 전자공학과)
Publication Information
Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering / v.16, no.11, 2012 , pp. 2487-2494 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper, a thermal energy harvesting circuit with MPPT control is designed. MPPT(Maximum Power Point Tracking) control function is implemented using the linear relationship between the open-circuit voltage of a thermoelectric generator(TEG) and its MPP voltage. The designed MPPT control circuit traces the maximum power point by periodically sampling the open circuit voltage of a TEG, makes the reference voltages using sampled voltage and delivers the maximum available power to load. Simulation results show that the maximum power efficiency of the designed circuit is 94%. The proposed thermal energy harvesting circuit is designed with $0.35{\mu}m$ CMOS process, and the chip area except PAD is $1168.7{\mu}m{\times}541.3{\mu}m$.
Keywords
Thermal energy; Energy harvesting; Thermoelectric generator; MPPT;
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