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Energy harvesting from conducted electromagnetic interference of fluorescent light for Internet of Things application

  • Hyoung, Chang-Hee (Telecommunications and Media Research Laboratory, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute) ;
  • Hwang, Jung-Hwan (Telecommunications and Media Research Laboratory, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute)
  • Received : 2021.07.21
  • Accepted : 2022.02.05
  • Published : 2022.10.10
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Abstract

A novel energy harvesting technique that uses conducted electromagnetic interference as an energy source is presented. Conducted EMI generated from fluorescent light using a switched-mode power supply was measured and modeled as an equivalent voltage source. Two types of rectifier circuits-a bridge rectifier and a voltage doubler-were used as the harvesting devices for conducted EMI source. The matching networks were designed based on the equivalent model, and the harvested power was improved. The implemented energy harvester produces a regulated power over 68.9 mW and current over 15.1 mA while a regulated voltage can be selected between 3.3 V and 5 V. The proposed system shows the highest harvesting power indoor environment and can provide enough power for the Internet of Things devices.

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Acknowledgement

This work was supported by Institute of Information and Communications Technology Planning and Evaluation (IITP) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIT) (2021-0-00103, "Research and development of technologies for utilization of THz frequency band and evaluation of electromagnetic safety").

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