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US 2019/0103824 A1Published application
Self-starting ac harvester
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsSuhwan Kim, Vaibhav Vaidya, Christopher Schaef
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Abstract
An embodiment of a harvester apparatus comprising two or more charge pump stages may include at least a first charge pump stage to receive an alternating current source, and a second charge pump stage coupled to the first charge pump stage.
Claims22
An electronic system, comprising:
- a voltage regulator;
- an alternating current source;
- and
- a multi-stage harvester coupled to the voltage regulator and the alternating current source, wherein the multi-stage harvester includes:
- a first charge pump stage coupled to the alternating current source, and
- a second charge pump stage coupled to the first charge pump stage.
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A harvester apparatus, comprising two or more charge pump stages including at least:
- a first charge pump stage to receive an alternating current source;
- and
- a second charge pump stage coupled to the first charge pump stage.
A method of harvesting energy, comprising:
- providing an alternating current source;
- charge pumping the alternating current source to provide a first charge pumped output;
- and
- charge pumping the first charge pumped output to provide a second charge pumped output.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.