Energy harvesting electric device
AssigneeElectronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
InventorSang Kyun Lee
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Abstract
Provided is an energy harvesting electric device capable of increasing output power. The energy harvesting electric device includes an energy harvester array including a plurality of energy harvesters, a single rectifier connected to the energy harvester array, and an output unit which is connected to the single rectifier and has a load resistance. The energy harvesters include a plurality of first energy harvesters connected to each other in parallel and a single second energy harvester connected in parallel to the first energy harvesters. The first energy harvesters have a first specific resistance higher than the load resistance and the second energy harvester has a second specific resistance higher than the first specific resistance.
Claims14
An energy harvesting electric device, comprising:
- an energy harvester array comprising a plurality of energy harvesters;
- a single rectifier connected to the energy harvester array;
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- an output unit which is connected to the single rectifier and has a load resistance,
- wherein the energy harvesters comprise a plurality of first energy harvesters connected to each other in parallel and a single second energy harvester connected in parallel to the first energy harvesters, wherein the first energy harvesters have a first specific resistance higher than the load resistance and the second energy harvester has a second specific resistance higher than the first specific resistance.
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