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Proposed Energy Harvesting System

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CMOS Indoor Light Energy Harvesting System for Wireless Sensing Applications

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This chapter deals with all the theoretical background that has been in the origin of the system proposed in this book. Mathematical treatment is presented, as well as simulation data to confirm its validity. Every module that makes part of the proposed architecture (SC voltage doubler, phase controller, local supply, start-up, and a voltage limiter) is analyzed and explained in detail.

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  1. Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa (IPL), Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa (ISEL–ADEETC), Lisbon, Portugal

    Carlos Manuel Ferreira Carvalho

  2. Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal

    Nuno Filipe Silva Veríssimo Paulino

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Ferreira Carvalho, C.M., Paulino, N.F.S.V. (2016). Proposed Energy Harvesting System. In: CMOS Indoor Light Energy Harvesting System for Wireless Sensing Applications. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21617-1_5

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