Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Energy harvesting circuit, corresponding system and operating method
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Application No.: US17109345Application Date: 2020-12-02
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Publication No.: US11862988B2Publication Date: 2024-01-02
- Inventor: Roberto La Rosa , Alessandro Finocchiaro
- Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Applicant Address: IT Agrate Brianza
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Agrate Brianza
- Agency: CROWE & DUNLEVY
- Priority: IT 2019000022950 2019.12.04
- Main IPC: H02J50/27
- IPC: H02J50/27 ; H02J50/00 ; H04B5/00

Abstract:
A first RF-to-DC circuit receives a radiofrequency signal and produces a first converted signal delivered to an energy storage circuit. A second RF-to-DC circuit, which is a down-scaled replica of the first RF-to-DC circuit, produces a second converted signal from the radiofrequency signal that is indicative of an open-circuit voltage of the first RF-to-DC circuit. The first RF-to-DC section includes N sub-stages, with a sub-set of sub-stages being selectively activatable. A window comparison of the second converted signal generates a first signal and a second signal indicative of whether the second converted signal is within a range of values proportional to a voltage reference signal. The sub-set of sub-stages is selectively deactivated, respectively activated, when the performed window comparison has a first result, respectively, a second result.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210175753A1 ENERGY HARVESTING CIRCUIT, CORRESPONDING SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD Public/Granted day:2021-06-10
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