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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2015
Applicant:
Khalifa University of Science, Technology & Research, Abu Dhabi, AE;
Inventors:
Mohammad Radwan Alhawari, Abu Dhabi, AE;
Baker Mohammad, Abu Dhabi, AE;
Hani Hasan Mustafa Saleh, Abu Dhabi, AE;
Mohammed Ismail Elnaggar, Abu Dhabi, AE;
Assignee:
KHALIFA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Abu Dhabi, AE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 35/28 (2006.01); H02J 7/34 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 50/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 35/28 (2013.01); H02J 7/34 (2013.01); H02J 50/00 (2016.02); H02J 2007/0059 (2013.01); Y10T 307/839 (2015.04);
Abstract
A thermoelectric energy harvesting system for charging an energy store from ambient thermal energy includes a thermoelectric energy generator (TEG), an automatic polarity monitor, and switching matrix. The polarity monitor detects when the polarity of an input voltage in the system is reversed relative to a standard voltage polarity, and causes the switching matrix to switch the inputs from the thermoelectric energy harvester.