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US 2014/0175880 A1Published application
Energy harvesting apparatus and energy harvesting system
AssigneeRohm Co., Ltd.
InventorsKoichi MIYANAGA, Jun MAEDE
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Abstract
An energy harvesting apparatus includes: a capacitor configured to store energy generated by an energy harvesting element; and a switch connected to the capacitor and configured to switch energy supply from the capacitor to a load based on a capacitor voltage with which the capacitor is charged. An energy harvesting system includes: energy harvesting elements; energy harvesting apparatuses which are provided to respectively correspond to the energy harvesting elements; and a load as an energy supply destination connected to the energy harvesting apparatuses.
Claims14
An energy harvesting apparatus comprising:
- a capacitor configured to store energy generated by an energy harvesting element;
- and
- a switch connected to the capacitor and configured to switch energy supply from the capacitor to a load based on a capacitor voltage with which the capacitor is charged.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.