Abstract:
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This project belongs to energy harvesting field, which is a method of collecting energy from the
environment to power small devices. This type of energy use is growing exponentially due to the
appearance of many of these devices (sensors, wearables...).
The objective of this project is to design and implement an ultra-low-power boost converter,
designed for energy harvesting applications, which is able to add different types of energy coming
from the environment to charge a battery or to feed another electronic device. It is a very innovative
project and therefore, the methodology used has contemplated a lot of time for studying, doing
simulations, optimizing and testing a prototype. This has allowed us to carry out a study of great
value and usefulness which establishes the basis to construct a device that adds energies of our
surroundings. Finally, to verify the feasibility of the application, a two-input boost converter is built to
add energy coming from two different sources (with the possibility of expanding this number) and
also offers different types of output storage elements.
In conclusion, the work has confirmed the possibility of adding energy from our environment and has
shown the great potential of the application studied through a functional prototype. |