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- Patent Title: Low input voltage boost converter with peak inductor current control and offset compensated zero detection
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Application No.: US15268783Application Date: 2016-09-19
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Publication No.: US09973086B2Publication Date: 2018-05-15
- Inventor: Benton Calhoun , Aatmesh Shrivastava
- Applicant: University of Virginia Patent Foundation
- Applicant Address: US VA Charlottesville
- Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINA PATENT FOUNDATION
- Current Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINA PATENT FOUNDATION
- Current Assignee Address: US VA Charlottesville
- Agency: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP
- Main IPC: H02M1/088
- IPC: H02M1/088 ; H02M3/156 ; H02M3/158 ; G05F1/565 ; G05F1/46 ; H02M1/00

Abstract:
The low input voltage boost converter with peak inductor current control and offset compensated zero detection provide a boost converter scheme to harvest energy from sources with small output voltages. Some embodiments described herein includes a thermoelectric boost converter that combines an IPEAK control scheme with offset compensation and duty cycled comparators to enable energy harvesting from TEG inputs as low as 5 mV to 10 mV, and the peak inductor current is independent to first order of the input voltage and output voltage. A control circuit can be configured to sample the input voltage (VIN) and then generate a pulse with a duration inversely proportional to VIN so as to control the boost converter switches such that a substantially constant peak inductor current is generated.
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