DocumentCode
2569657
Title
Active circuits for ultra-high efficiency micropower generators using nickel-63 radioisotope
Author
Duggirala, Rajesh ; Li, Hui ; Lal, Amit
Author_Institution
Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY
fYear
2006
fDate
6-9 Feb. 2006
Firstpage
1648
Lastpage
1655
Abstract
Integration of betavolatics with radioisotope-powered piezoelectric micropower generators (RPG) operating in new resonant modes, attains nuclear-electrical conversion efficiencies of up to 30%, generating 1 to 10muW peak power with 1 to 10 milliCurie of Nickel-63. A 20mV-voltage-drop ac-to-dc rectifier employing radioactively biased MOSFETs is developed for efficient conversion of RPG-generated low-amplitude power signals
Keywords
MOSFET; active networks; electric generators; nickel; radioisotopes; rectifiers; MOSFET; Nickel-63 radioisotope; RPG; RPG-generated power signals; ac-to-dc rectifier; active circuits; betavolatics; nuclear-electrical conversion; radioisotope-powered piezoelectric micropower generators; ultra-high efficiency micropower generators; Active circuits; Costs; Electrostatics; Fuels; Kinetic energy; Nuclear power generation; Power generation; Radioactive materials; Vibrations; Voltage;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2006. ISSCC 2006. Digest of Technical Papers. IEEE International
Conference_Location
San Francisco, CA
ISSN
0193-6530
Print_ISBN
1-4244-0079-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ISSCC.2006.1696220
Filename
1696220
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