Title :
Smart Integrated Circuit and System Design for Renewable Energy Harvesters
Author :
Kuo, Yeong-Chau ; Tung, Wei-Hsiang ; Liu, Li-Jen
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Nat. Kaohsiung First Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Abstract :
In this paper, a novel design and management tool is developed with visual basic software. The proposed tool is employed to design an integrated circuit (IC) and system for renewable energy applications, and the tool can also be used to assess the system´s operating conditions in order to make maintenance decisions. In addition, the renewable energy harvesting system´s information will be posted on an online system so that users can thus access it at any time and from anywhere. Finally, computer simulated and experimental results demonstrate the excellent performance of the proposed IC and system.
Keywords :
Visual BASIC; electronic engineering computing; energy harvesting; integrated circuit design; renewable energy sources; online system; renewable energy harvesters; smart integrated circuit design; smart system design; visual basic software; Batteries; Microcontrollers; Renewable energy resources; Transistors; Voltage control; Wind turbines; Battery charger; integrated circuit (IC) and system; renewable energy harvester;
Journal_Title :
Photovoltaics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JPHOTOV.2012.2213582
