TY - GEN
T1 - An Energy Harvesting System using 3-stage voltage multiplier and MPVD Charge Pump for wireless sensor networks
AU - Shrivastava, Ravindranath D.
AU - Deshpande, Devashish
AU - Li, Changzhi
AU - Gale, Richard
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Power management and charging of batteries for wireless sensors becomes a problem when using them in field applications. We propose a Wireless Energy Harvesting System which can be used to charge the batteries of the sensors whenever required. We are able to harvest energy from a RF source, which is mostly a Master Transceiver Unit, with input power as low as-9dBm. Also the Energy Harvester can be used to charge batteries when the input power is as low as-27dBm. Also the power management part of the system includes a Charge Pump which can handle large variation in load conditions. This charge pump can be used not only to boost the battery voltage but also to provide a regulated output independent of load conditions. Link variations can be an issue in a Wireless Sensors Network but our system introduces a low power data acquisition system that helps us monitor the link. Adjustments can be made accordingly for maximum energy transfer to take place between the TX and RX coils.
AB - Power management and charging of batteries for wireless sensors becomes a problem when using them in field applications. We propose a Wireless Energy Harvesting System which can be used to charge the batteries of the sensors whenever required. We are able to harvest energy from a RF source, which is mostly a Master Transceiver Unit, with input power as low as-9dBm. Also the Energy Harvester can be used to charge batteries when the input power is as low as-27dBm. Also the power management part of the system includes a Charge Pump which can handle large variation in load conditions. This charge pump can be used not only to boost the battery voltage but also to provide a regulated output independent of load conditions. Link variations can be an issue in a Wireless Sensors Network but our system introduces a low power data acquisition system that helps us monitor the link. Adjustments can be made accordingly for maximum energy transfer to take place between the TX and RX coils.
KW - 3-Stage Voltage Multiplier
KW - Charge Pump
KW - Link Monitoring
KW - Multi-Phase Voltage Doubler
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84875995912&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/WiSNet.2013.6488627
DO - 10.1109/WiSNet.2013.6488627
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84875995912
SN - 9781467329309
T3 - WiSNet 2013 - Proceedings: 2013 IEEE Topical Conference on Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks - 2013 IEEE Radio and Wireless Week, RWW 2013
SP - 40
EP - 42
BT - WiSNet 2013 - Proceedings
Y2 - 20 January 2013 through 23 January 2013
ER -