Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Piezoelectric energy harvesting system with frequency mismatch tolerance
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Application No.: US14623025Application Date: 2015-02-16
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Publication No.: US10056849B2Publication Date: 2018-08-21
- Inventor: Xing Li , Yong Feng , Bin Shao
- Applicant: Analog Devices Global
- Applicant Address: BM Hamilton
- Assignee: Analog Devices Global
- Current Assignee: Analog Devices Global
- Current Assignee Address: BM Hamilton
- Agency: Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
- Main IPC: H02N2/18
- IPC: H02N2/18

Abstract:
An impedance matching circuit is provided for use with a piezotransducer that includes a parasitic capacitor comprising: an inductor coupled in parallel with the parasitic capacitor; a peak and valley detection circuit configured to detect output voltage waveform peaks and valleys; a first switch circuit configured to bias flip the output voltage waveform at a selectable first time relative to a detected peak and at a selectable first time relative to a detected valley; a second switch circuit configured to couple the inductor to the energy storage circuit at a selectable second time following each output voltage bias flip; an energy monitoring circuit to provide an indication of energy flow from the inductor to the energy storage circuit following each output voltage bias flip; and a maximum power point tracking (MPPT) circuit configured to select the first time and the second time based at least in part upon the indicated energy flow.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160204717A1 PIEZOELECTIRC ENERGY HARVESTING SYSTEM WITH FREQUENCY MISMATCH TOLERANCE Public/Granted day:2016-07-14
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