CMOS Circuits for Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters: Efficient Power Extraction, Interface Modeling and Loss Analysis (Paperback, Softcover Repri)

1 Introduction. 1.1 Energy Harvesting Principles. 1.2 Examples of Wireless Sensor Nodes. 1.3 State of the Art in Interface Circuits for Energy Harvesters. 1.4 Goal of this Work and Major Achievements. 1.5 Organization of the Book. References. 2 Piezoelectricity and Energy Harvester Modelling. 2.1 Theoretical Background of the Piezoelectric Effect. 2.2 Piezoelectric Converter Design Configurations. 2.3 Modeling of Kinetic Energy Harvesters. 2.4 Modeling of Piezoelectric Harvesters. References. 3 Analysis of Different Interface Circuits. 3.1 Resistor Load. 3.2 Full-wave Rectifier with Capacitor. 3.3 Synchronous Electric Charge Extraction. 3.4 Comparison Under Coupling Considerations. References. 4 Theory of the Proposed PSCE Circuit. 4.1 Basic Operation Principle. 4.2 Energy Loss Approximation Approach. 4.3 Switch Configurations. 4.4 Switching Techniques. 4.5 Evaluation. 4.6 Realization Aspects. References. 5 Implementation of the PSCE Circuit on Transistor Level. 5.1 Power Switches. 5.2 SECE Selector. 5.3 Oscillation Cancellation. 5.4 Negative Voltage Converter. 5.5 Startup. 6 Performance Analysis of the PSCE Chip. 6.1 Vibration Setup. 6.2 Characterization of Piezoelectric Harvesters. 6.3 Demonstration Platform. 6.4 PSCE Chip Performance. References. 7 Conclusions and Outlook. References. Appendix A Mathematical Calculations. A.1 Solution of the Linear Differential Equation Systems. A.2 Flux Property. A.3 Trigonometric Relations. A.4 Numerical Calculation.