A Wide-Range Capacitive DC-DC Converter with 2D-MPPT for Soil/Solar Energy Extraction

I. Che Ou, Jia Ping Yang, Chia Hung Liu, Kai Jie Huang, Kun Ju Tsai, Yu Lee, Yuan Hua Chu, Yu-Te Liao

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Abstract

This paper presents a capacitive DC-DC converter with adaptive DC-DC conversion ratios and maximum power point tracking (MPPT) for soil and solar energy extraction. To overcome the varying input power ranges of the soil/solar energy sources, a two-dimension power tracking loop with time-based current slope detection was employed. The design was fabricated in a 0.18-μm CMOS process, achieving >80% efficiency in a throughput power range of 360μW to 25mW in the soil mode and from 400 μW to l0mW in the solar mode while the peak system efficiency is 89.5%.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2018 IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference, A-SSCC 2018 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages37-38
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)9781538664124
DOIs
StatePublished - 14 Dec 2018
Event2018 IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference, A-SSCC 2018 - Tainan, Taiwan
Duration: 5 Nov 20187 Nov 2018

Publication series

Name2018 IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference, A-SSCC 2018 - Proceedings

Conference

Conference2018 IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference, A-SSCC 2018
Country/TerritoryTaiwan
CityTainan
Period5/11/187/11/18

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