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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2024
Applicant:
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Minghui Chen, San Diego, CA (US);
Andrea Fenaroli, San Diego, CA (US);
Chengjin Zhang, San Diego, CA (US);
Yiwu Tang, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 50/00 (2016.01); G06K 19/077 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 50/20 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 50/001 (2020.01); G06K 19/07773 (2013.01); H02J 7/0047 (2013.01); H02J 7/007182 (2020.01); H02J 50/20 (2016.02); H02J 2207/50 (2020.01);
Abstract
An apparatus is disclosed for multi-capacitor energy harvesting. In example aspects, the apparatus includes energy storage including a first capacitor and a second capacitor. The apparatus also includes an energy harvester including at least one rectifier and one or more switches. The switches can be controlled to initially charge the first capacitor and subsequently charge the second capacitor.