Gong Cihun-Siyong Alex
Department of Electrical Engineering, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 33302, Taiwan.
Portable Energy System Group, Green Technology Research Center, College of Engineering, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 33302, Taiwan.
Micromachines (Basel). 2022 Mar 5;13(3):411. doi: 10.3390/mi13030411.
Energy harvesting can be achieved through many different mechanisms. Such technology has been drawing researchers' attention to its practical applications for a decade, as it can be widely applied to countless scenarios. It steals the show in the modern development of the biomedical electronics, especially implantable applications, as it allows the patients to move freely without restriction. To prolong lifetime of the battery inside/outside a patient's body, the electrical conversion efficiency of the electronic implant is of primary importance in energy harvesting. The conversion can be achieved by a so-called miniaturized rectification circuit (also known as "rectifier"). This study aims to compare different state-of-the-art techniques focusing on the conversion efficiency of the rectification. Particular emphasis is put on semiconductor-based circuits capable of being integrated with tiny chips on the implants.
能量收集可以通过许多不同的机制来实现。这项技术在其实际应用方面已经吸引研究人员关注了十年，因为它可以广泛应用于无数场景。在生物医学电子学的现代发展中，尤其是可植入应用方面，它备受瞩目，因为它能让患者自由活动而不受限制。为延长患者体内/体外电池的使用寿命，电子植入物的电转换效率在能量收集中至关重要。这种转换可以通过一种所谓的小型整流电路（也称为“整流器”）来实现。本研究旨在比较不同的先进技术，重点关注整流的转换效率。特别强调能够与植入物上的微小芯片集成的基于半导体的电路。
