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Design of an Integrated Thermoelectric Generator Power Converter for Ultra-Low Power and Low Voltage Body Energy Harvesters aimed at EEG/ECG Active Electrodes

Ataei, Milad  
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Robert, Christian  
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Boegli, Alexis  
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2014
Journal of Physics: Conference Series
14th International Conference on Micro- and Nano-Technology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications (PowerMEMS)

This paper describes a design procedure for an efficient body thermal energy harvesting integrated power converter. This procedure is based on loss examination for a self-powered medical device. All optimum system parameters are calculated respecting the transducer constraints and the application form factor. It is found that it is possible to optimize converter's working frequency with proper design of its pulse generator circuit. At selected frequency, it has been demonstrated that wide area voltage doubler can be eliminated at the expense of wider switches. With this method, more than 60% efficiency is achieved in simulation for just 20mV transducer output voltage and 30% of entire chip area is saved.

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conference paper
DOI
10.1088/1742-6596/557/1/012017
Web of Science ID

WOS:000346782800016

Author(s)
Ataei, Milad  
Robert, Christian  
Boegli, Alexis  
Farine, Pierre-Andre  
Date Issued

2014

Publisher

Iop Publishing Ltd

Publisher place

Bristol

Published in
Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Total of pages

5

Series title/Series vol.

Journal of Physics Conference Series

Volume

557

Issue

1

Start page

012017

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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Event nameEvent placeEvent date
14th International Conference on Micro- and Nano-Technology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications (PowerMEMS)

Hyogo, JAPAN

NOV 18-21, 2014

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April 13, 2015
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