This paper presents a novel low power boost converter designed and optimized to operate with a minimum input voltage as low as 250mV, which is the typical voltage range of novel micro energy sources. The low power budget of such energy sources (at most few hundreds of μWs) mandates the adoption of very efficient circuit solutions. The realized PCB prototype provides a regulated maximum output voltage 3.3V with 70% maximum efficiency, thus making the proposed converter topology very attractive for low power application power supply. Noticeably the converter operates without any external power supply of the control logic.

250mV Input Boost Converter for Low Power Applications / Bertacchini, Alessandro; Scorcioni, Stefano; Cori, Marco Maria; Larcher, Luca; Pavan, Paolo. - ELETTRONICO. - (2010), pp. 533-538. (Intervento presentato al convegno 2010 IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, ISIE 2010 tenutosi a Bari, ita nel 4-7 Luglio 2010) [10.1109/ISIE.2010.5637835].

250mV Input Boost Converter for Low Power Applications

BERTACCHINI, Alessandro;SCORCIONI, Stefano;CORI, Marco Maria;LARCHER, Luca;PAVAN, Paolo
2010

Abstract

This paper presents a novel low power boost converter designed and optimized to operate with a minimum input voltage as low as 250mV, which is the typical voltage range of novel micro energy sources. The low power budget of such energy sources (at most few hundreds of μWs) mandates the adoption of very efficient circuit solutions. The realized PCB prototype provides a regulated maximum output voltage 3.3V with 70% maximum efficiency, thus making the proposed converter topology very attractive for low power application power supply. Noticeably the converter operates without any external power supply of the control logic.
2010
2010 IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, ISIE 2010
Bari, ita
4-7 Luglio 2010
533
538
Bertacchini, Alessandro; Scorcioni, Stefano; Cori, Marco Maria; Larcher, Luca; Pavan, Paolo
250mV Input Boost Converter for Low Power Applications / Bertacchini, Alessandro; Scorcioni, Stefano; Cori, Marco Maria; Larcher, Luca; Pavan, Paolo. - ELETTRONICO. - (2010), pp. 533-538. (Intervento presentato al convegno 2010 IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, ISIE 2010 tenutosi a Bari, ita nel 4-7 Luglio 2010) [10.1109/ISIE.2010.5637835].
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