公开(公告)号：US11418132B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-16

申请号：US16675028

申请日：2019-11-05

申请人： Manoj Gulati ,  Shwetak N. Patel

发明人： Manoj Gulati ,  Shwetak N. Patel

IPC分类号： H02N1/08 ,  G01R19/145

摘要： The various embodiments herein provide an energy harvester which can capacitively harvest stray electric field from low-voltage AC power lines without a physical grounding connection. The energy harvester comprises an inner electrode, an outer electrode and a circuit. The inner electrode forms an inner periphery of an upper portion of a harvester housing. The outer electrode forms an inner base of a lower portion of the harvester housing to provide a local ground reference. The circuit is housed within the lower portion of the harvester housing to direct stored energy and control an energy discharge.