• DocumentCode
    867246
  • Title

    Analysis of a capacitively loaded photovoltaic cell as a circuit power source

  • Author

    Trisno, S. ; Izu, Leighton ; Wobschall, Darold

  • Author_Institution
    Gen. Instrum. Corp., Hatboro, PA, USA
  • Volume
    38
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1989
  • fDate
    2/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    108
  • Lastpage
    112
  • Abstract
    An analysis is presented of important, often competing, variables in an optical to electrical (O-E) converter unit. One result describes the nonlinear dependency of output voltage as a function of capacitor load. The charging time as a function of photocurrent, cell saturation current, and load capacitor is illustrated. A particular system, the optically pulsed powered converter unit, is detailed as a design example
  • Keywords
    capacitor storage; photodetectors; photovoltaic cells; photovoltaic power systems; power convertors; power supply circuits; capacitively loaded photovoltaic cell; charging time; circuit power source; load capacitor; nonlinear dependency; optical to electrical convertor; optically pulsed powered converter; output voltage; photocurrent; saturation current; Biomedical optical imaging; Capacitors; Circuits; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Optical saturation; Optical sensors; Photovoltaic cells; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9456
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/19.20009
  • Filename
    20009