The key to self-powered technique is initiative to harvest energy from the surrounding environment. Harvesting energy from an ambient vibration source utilizing piezoelectrics emerged as a popular method. Effi- cient ...The key to self-powered technique is initiative to harvest energy from the surrounding environment. Harvesting energy from an ambient vibration source utilizing piezoelectrics emerged as a popular method. Effi- cient interface circuits become the main limitations of existing energy harvesting techniques. In this paper, an inter- face circuit for piezoelectric energy harvesting is presented. An active full bridge rectifier is adopted to improve the power efficiency by reducing the conduction loss on the rectifying path. A parallel synchronized switch harvesting on inductor （P-SSHI） technique is used to improve the power extraction capability from piezoelectric harvester, thereby trying to reach the theoretical maximum output power. An intermittent power management unit （IPMU） and an output capacitor-less low drop regulator （LDO） are also introduced. Active diodes （AD） instead of tradition- al passive ones are used to reduce the voltage loss over the rectifier, which results in a good power efficiency. The IPMU with hysteresis comparator ensures the interface circuit has a large transient output power by limiting the output voltage ranges from 2.2 to 2 V. The design is fabricated in a SMIC 0.18/~m CMOS technology. Simulation results show that the flipping efficiency of the P-SSHI circuit is over 80% with an off-chip inductor value of 820/zH. The output power the proposed rectifier can obtain is 44.4/~W, which is 6.7x improvement compared to the maximum output power of a traditional rectifier. Both the active diodes and the P-SSHI help to improve the output power of the proposed rectifier. LDO outputs a voltage of 1.8 V with the maximum 90% power efficiency. The proposed P-SSHI rectifier interface circuit can be self-powered without the need for additional power supply.展开更多
文章根据并联同步开关电感收集(parallel synchronized switch harvesting on inductor,P-SSHI)技术,提出一种自供电的压电能量收集系统,实现了在低激励环境下的系统启动和电压输出功能,并基于压电材料分离电极理论设计冷启动电路。该...文章根据并联同步开关电感收集(parallel synchronized switch harvesting on inductor,P-SSHI)技术,提出一种自供电的压电能量收集系统,实现了在低激励环境下的系统启动和电压输出功能,并基于压电材料分离电极理论设计冷启动电路。该系统采用带有有源二极管的P-SSHI整流电路代替传统的整流结构,以减少整流过程的能量损耗,能够在动态范围内调节输出电压,实现多输出负载的功能。基于0.18μm CMOS工艺仿真结果表明,该系统的电压翻转效率达到85%,输出功率是采用传统整流电路的5.8倍,同时能够产生1.2、1.8 V 2种电压,用于不同负载供电。该自供电能量收集系统可用于解决物联网无线传感器网络节点的自供电问题。展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.61574103,U1709218)the Key Research and Development Program of Shaanxi Province(No.2017ZDXM-GY-006)
文摘The key to self-powered technique is initiative to harvest energy from the surrounding environment. Harvesting energy from an ambient vibration source utilizing piezoelectrics emerged as a popular method. Effi- cient interface circuits become the main limitations of existing energy harvesting techniques. In this paper, an inter- face circuit for piezoelectric energy harvesting is presented. An active full bridge rectifier is adopted to improve the power efficiency by reducing the conduction loss on the rectifying path. A parallel synchronized switch harvesting on inductor （P-SSHI） technique is used to improve the power extraction capability from piezoelectric harvester, thereby trying to reach the theoretical maximum output power. An intermittent power management unit （IPMU） and an output capacitor-less low drop regulator （LDO） are also introduced. Active diodes （AD） instead of tradition- al passive ones are used to reduce the voltage loss over the rectifier, which results in a good power efficiency. The IPMU with hysteresis comparator ensures the interface circuit has a large transient output power by limiting the output voltage ranges from 2.2 to 2 V. The design is fabricated in a SMIC 0.18/~m CMOS technology. Simulation results show that the flipping efficiency of the P-SSHI circuit is over 80% with an off-chip inductor value of 820/zH. The output power the proposed rectifier can obtain is 44.4/~W, which is 6.7x improvement compared to the maximum output power of a traditional rectifier. Both the active diodes and the P-SSHI help to improve the output power of the proposed rectifier. LDO outputs a voltage of 1.8 V with the maximum 90% power efficiency. The proposed P-SSHI rectifier interface circuit can be self-powered without the need for additional power supply.
文摘文章根据并联同步开关电感收集(parallel synchronized switch harvesting on inductor,P-SSHI)技术,提出一种自供电的压电能量收集系统,实现了在低激励环境下的系统启动和电压输出功能,并基于压电材料分离电极理论设计冷启动电路。该系统采用带有有源二极管的P-SSHI整流电路代替传统的整流结构,以减少整流过程的能量损耗,能够在动态范围内调节输出电压,实现多输出负载的功能。基于0.18μm CMOS工艺仿真结果表明,该系统的电压翻转效率达到85%,输出功率是采用传统整流电路的5.8倍,同时能够产生1.2、1.8 V 2种电压,用于不同负载供电。该自供电能量收集系统可用于解决物联网无线传感器网络节点的自供电问题。
