Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Power management apparatus and multi-source energy harvesting system using the same
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Application No.: US14341884Application Date: 2014-07-28
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Publication No.: US09618963B2Publication Date: 2017-04-11
- Inventor: Taewook Kang , Sungeun Kim , Kyunghwan Park , Sungweon Kang , Taeyoung Kang , Kyungsoo Kim , Jungbum Kim , Hyungil Park , Ingi Lim , Byounggun Choi , Changhee Hyoung , Junghwan Hwang
- Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
- Applicant Address: KR Daejeon
- Assignee: ELECRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
- Current Assignee: ELECRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
- Current Assignee Address: KR Daejeon
- Agency: Rabin & Berdo, P.C.
- Priority: KR10-2013-0102143 20130828
- Main IPC: G06F1/04
- IPC: G06F1/04 ; G06F1/06 ; G06F1/26

Abstract:
Disclosed is a power management apparatus and a multi-source energy harvesting system using the apparatus, which manage power supplied by individual harvesting sources without wasting the power, thus efficiently distributing the power to a battery. The power management apparatus includes a plurality of comparison units configured to compare voltages of storage devices respectively connected to output terminals of a plurality of harvesting power sources with a preset threshold voltage. A control unit is configured to control an operation of the power management apparatus. A plurality of switching units are installed between the storage devices and a battery and are configured to be turned on/off in response to switching control signals output from the control unit and to form power transmission paths between corresponding storage devices and the battery. The control unit generates and provides the switching control signals based on output signals of the comparison units.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150066233A1 POWER MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND MULTI-SOURCE ENERGY HARVESTING SYSTEM USING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2015-03-05
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