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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2016
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Vaibhav Vaidya, Portland, OR (US);
Suhwan Kim, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for harvesting electrical energy from a plurality of harvesters is disclosed. An example energy harvesting system includes a plurality of harvesters and a signal conditioning circuit selectively coupled to an output of each of the plurality of harvesters. The system also includes an energy storage element coupled to the output of the signal conditioning circuit to be charged by the plurality of harvesters through the signal conditioning circuit. The system also includes a controller to discharge a selected harvester to the signal conditioning circuit when an output of the selected harvester triggers a charge collection.