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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2011
Applicants:
Kaushik Roy, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Vijay Raghunathan, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Chao LU, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Sang Phill Park, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Inventors:
Kaushik Roy, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Vijay Raghunathan, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Chao Lu, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Sang Phill Park, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Assignee:
Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/18 (2006.01); H02M 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A power converter is provided for an energy harvesting system of a micro-scale electronic device. The power converter is configured to transfer electrical energy from an energy transducer to an energy storage device. The power converter illustratively includes a tree topology charge pump.