@inproceedings{acadf8fc590f444ba12685f9fc5557e3,
title = "Approach to integrated energy harvesting voltage source based on novel active TEG array system",
abstract = "This paper presents a new system approach to an on-chip voltage source based on integrated thermoelectric generator (TEG) elements. The proposed architecture employs a novel active TEG array (ATA) system. The ATA system is able to control the TEG's harvested electrical energy, without using a DC/DC integrated converter. This makes it possible to cut power losses due to the non-ideality of the converter efficiency and to reduce the chip area. Commonly, the reduced efficiency of DC/DC converters was compensated for by adding TEG elements, thus enlarging the chip area. The proposed novel approach to designing an energy harvesting integrated voltage source was implemented to support ultra-low power systems for biomedical applications such as wearable wireless body sensors. The voltage source was simulated in a 0.18 ¿m standard CMOS process, supplying 1.8V±0.18V. The simulation results are presented.",
keywords = "ATA, STA, TEG, energy harvesting, on-chip TEG, voltage-source, wearable body sensing",
author = "Roman Buzilo and Boris Likhterov and Robert Giterman and Itamar Levi and Alexander Fish and Alexander Belenky",
year = "2014",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1109/FTFC.2014.6828593",
language = "American English",
isbn = "9781479937738",
series = "2014 IEEE Faible Tension Faible Consommation, FTFC 2014",
booktitle = "2014 IEEE Faible Tension Faible Consommation, FTFC 2014",
note = "2014 IEEE Faible Tension Faible Consommation, FTFC 2014 ; Conference date: 04-05-2014 Through 06-05-2014",
}