Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electronic circuit for harvesting energy from ultra-low power sources
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Application No.: US15752830Application Date: 2015-11-27
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Publication No.: US10734822B2Publication Date: 2020-08-04
- Inventor: Liliana Maria Alzate-Gaviria , Jorge Arturo Dominguez-Maldonado , Francisco Javier Del Rio-Rivera , Manuel Israel Flota-Banuelos , Gerarado Raymundo Camara-Chale
- Applicant: CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION CIENTIFICA DE YUCATAN, A.C.
- Applicant Address: MX Merida
- Assignee: CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION CIENTIFICA DE YUCATAN, A.C.
- Current Assignee: CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION CIENTIFICA DE YUCATAN, A.C.
- Current Assignee Address: MX Merida
- Agency: Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP
- Agent Patrick B. Horne
- International Application: PCT/IB2015/059184 WO 20151127
- International Announcement: WO2017/089871 WO 20170601
- Main IPC: H02J3/38
- IPC: H02J3/38 ; H02J7/34 ; H02J3/06 ; H02J7/00 ; H01M10/46 ; H01M10/44 ; H01M10/42 ; H02J50/20 ; H02J50/00

Abstract:
The present invention relates to an electronic circuit for harvesting energy from ultra-low power sources, said circuit comprising a capacitor module (1), a microcontroller (2), two analog switches (3 and 7), an auxiliary battery module (4), a terminal (5), and an operating mode module (6). The circuit is characterised in that: at least two sources (FE) from a plurality of sources (FE) are connected to the capacitor module (1); and the microcontroller (2) transmits the RC digital signals [1.4] at the capacitor module (1) to the first set of analog switches and changes from an idle state to an active state. In addition, the microcontroller (2) is configured to: perform an energy storage step, by connecting the energy sources in parallel with the capacitors; perform a first amplification step, by reconnecting the set of capacitors in series with one another via the first set of analog switches connected in parallel, by means of a switch, with the array of auxiliary batteries that are connected in parallel with one another; perform a first step of transferring energy from the capacitors to the auxiliary batteries; perform a second energy amplification step, by reconnecting the array of batteries connected in series with one another via the second set of analog switches; perform a second step of transferring the energy amplified by the auxiliary batteries by means of a switch, by means of which the auxiliary batteries connected in series with one another are connected in parallel with a main external battery, transferring the energy to same.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190006857A1 ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT FOR HARVESTING ENERGY FROM ULTRA-LOW POWER SOURCES Public/Granted day:2019-01-03
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