Di Paolo Emilio Microelectronic Circuit Design for Energy Harvesting Systems

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-319-47587-5
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 181 Seiten, eBook

This book describes the design of microelectronic circuits for energy harvesting, broadband energy conversion, new methods and technologies for energy conversion. The author also discusses the design of power management circuits and the implementation of voltage regulators. Coverage includes advanced methods in low and high power electronics, as well as principles of micro-scale design based on piezoelectric, electromagnetic and thermoelectric technologies with control and conditioning circuit design.

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Di Paolo Emilio, Maurizio

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction1.1 Fundamentals1.2 Sensors and Transducers1.2.1 Temperature sensors1.2.2 Magnetic field sensors1.2.3 Potentiometers1.2.4 Light Detection1.3 Communications Cabling1.3.1 Noise1.4 Parameters1.4.1 Noise1.4.2 Settling time1.4.3 DC input characteristicsReferencesThe fundamentals of Energy Harvesting2.1 What’s Energy?2.2 Why Energy Harvesting?2.3 Free Energy2.4 Power Management Unit2.5 Storage systemsReferencesInput Energy3.1 Mechanical energy3.2 Thermal Energy3.3 Electromagnetic energy3.4 Space Radiation3.5 Solar Radiation3.5.1 Photovoltaic cellReferencesElectromagnetic transducers4.1 Introduction4.2 Electromagnetic Waves and Antenna4.3 System DesignReferencesPiezoelectric transducers5.1 Introduction5.2 Materials5.3 Model5.4 System designReferencesThermoelectric transducers6.1 Introduction6.2 Seebeck and Peltier effect6.3 Potential6.4 Charges in a semiconductor with a temperature gradient6.5 Thermoelectric effect6.6 Thomson effect6.7 Thermoelectric generator6.8 Materials6.9 Figure of meritReferencesElectrostatic transducers7.1 Introduction7.2 Physical phenomena7.3 Switching system7.4 Continuos systems7.5 DesignReferencesPowering microsystem8.1 Power conditioning8.2 Rectifier circuit8.2.1 Bridge rectifier circuit8.2.2 Zener diode as voltage regulator8.2.3 Considerations8.3 Piezoelectric biasing8.4 Voltage Control8.5 MPPT8.6 Architecture8.7 DC-DC systems8.7.1 Linear regulators8.7.2 Switching regulators8.7.3 Buck converter8.7.4 Boost converter8.7.5 Buck-boost converter8.7.6 Armstrong Oscillator8.8 Load matching8.9 AC-DC Systems8.10 Electrical storage buffer8.10.1 SupercapacitorsReferencesLow power circuits9.1 Introduction9.2 Review of Microelectronics9.2.1 Basic of semiconductor’s physics9.2.2 PN Junction9.2.3 Diode9.2.4 Bipolar Transistor: Emitter Follower9.2.5 MOS Transistor9.2.6 Differential Amplifiers9.2.7 Feedback9.2.8 Effects of feedback9.2.9 Digital CMOS Circuits9.2.10 CMOS Inverter9.2.11 Current Mirror9.2.12 Ideal Current Mirror9.2.13 Current Mirror BJT/MOS9.3 Low power MOSFET9.3.1 General characteristics of a MOSFET9.3.2 Mosfet Power Control9.3.3 Stage of Amplification9.3.4 Common Source9.4 Analog Circuits9.5 Operational Amplifier9.6 Power supply and rejection9.7 Low noise pre-amplifiersReferencesLow-power solutions for biomedical / mobile devices10.1 Introduction10.2 Design of Wearable devices10.3 RF Solutions for Mobile10.3.1 Ferrite rod antenna10.3.2 Circular spiral inductor antenna10.3.3 Folded dipole10.3.4 Microstrip Antenna10.4 Power management10.5 Ultra-low Power 2.4GHz RF Energy Harvesting and Storage SystemReferencesApplications of Energy Harvesting11.1 Introduction11.2 Building Automation11.3 Environmental monitoring11.4 Structural Health monitoring11.5 Automotive11.6 Projects11.7 Solar Infrastructure11.8 Wind energy11.9 ConclusionsReferencesIndex

Über Autor(innen)

Maurizio Di Paolo Emilio is a Ph.D. in Physics and a Telecommunication Engineer. He has worked on various international projects in the field of gravitational wave research. Working as a software/hardware developer in the data acquisition system, he participated as the designer of the thermal compensation system (TCS) for the optical system used in the Virgo Experiment (an experiment for detection of the gravitational wave). Actually, He works as Technical writer and electronic designer in the X-ray field to design new devices about High Voltage systems and Microbeam for radiobiological and microscopy applications. Di Paolo Emilio is also the author of numerous publications on electronics design, data acquisition system, PCB, IT and embedded system.