A 25 mV-startup cold start system with on-chip magnetics for thermal energy harvesting

Thermal energy harvesting systems use boost converters for high-efficiency low voltage operation, but lack the ability for low voltage startup without off-chip transformers. We present a cold start system that uses integrated magnetics instead of external transformers in a Meissner Oscillator to sta...

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Main Authors: Garcha, Preetinder Kaur, El-Damak, Dina, Desai, Nachiket, Troncoso, Jorge, Mazotti, Erika, Mullenix, Joyce, Tang, Shaoping, Trombley, Django, Bluss, Dennis, Lang, Jeffrey H, Chandrakasan, Anantha P
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Format: Article
Published: IEEE 2020
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/125116