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- Patent Title: Reconfigurable heterogeneous energy harvester for SWIPT receiver and method of energy harvester reconfiguration
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Application No.: US17060450Application Date: 2020-10-01
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Publication No.: US11322978B2Publication Date: 2022-05-03
- Inventor: Dong In Kim , Jong Ho Moon , Jong Jin Park
- Applicant: RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
- Current Assignee: RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Agency: NSIP Law
- Priority: KR10-2019-0132445 20191023
- Main IPC: H01F27/42
- IPC: H01F27/42 ; H01F37/00 ; H01F38/00 ; H02J50/00 ; H02J50/20 ; H04L41/0813

Abstract:
A method of energy harvester reconfiguration for a simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) receiver including receiving an input power from an RF signal, determining whether a Nblock-th energy block is activated based on a condition for operating the Nblock-th energy block having a maximum valid input power, among Nblock energy blocks each having a predetermined valid input power, in response to the Nblock-th energy block being determined activated, determining a number of energy harvesting circuits that are activated, among a plurality of energy harvesting circuits included in the Nblock-th energy block, based on power conversion efficiency, and reconfiguring power input in the Nblock-th energy block and the plurality of energy harvesting circuits included in the Nblock-th energy block, based on the determination and result of determination.
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