Self-Powered Dual-Inductor MI-PSSHI-VDR Interface Circuit for Multi-PZTs Energy Harvesting

Abstract

Vibration energy harvesting using multiple piezoelectric transducers (multi-PZTs) can increase its output power and environmental adaptability. At present, there are still few research articles on multi-input interface circuits for multi-PZTs, especially those using the parallel synchronized switching harvesting on inductor (PSSHI) technique. Therefore, this article presents a self-powered dual-inductor MI-PSSHI voltage doubler rectifier (VDR) interface circuit. It can process multi-PZT voltages with arbitrary phases input. The measurements demonstrate that the prototyped MI-PSSHI-VDR circuit can extract a peak power of 1.93 mW from four PZTs under an excitation of 1.5 g and 77.5 Hz. The energy integration efficiency and energy extraction efficiency of the prototyped circuit are 93.2% and 75.1%. Compared with a multi-input full-bridge rectifier, the proposed circuit can achieve 3.22× power improvement and 3.58× voltage improvement, which grasps a good balance between the indices of peak output power and load voltage range. Additionally, the MI-PSSHI-VDR circuit is easy to implement and shows a good scalability, which can be an alternative solution for multi-PZTs energy harvesting.