High efficiency low voltage DC-DC conversion is a key enabler to the design of power-efficient integrated circuits. Typically a star configuration of the DC-DC converters, where o...
—Piezoelectric materials have been proposed as embedded power source, which are capable of converting mechanical energy into electrical energy. However, power generated from a pi...
Hong Chen, Chen Jia, Chun Zhang, Zhihua Wang, Chun...
The Glottal Source is an important component of voice as it can be considered as the excitation signal to the voice apparatus. Nowadays, new techniques of speech processing such a...
A hybrid energy source has become a necessary solution for micro-scale applications, like wireless sensors, because of small form factor and extended lifetime requirements. Conven...
This paper presents analysis methods for energy estimation in RC trees driven by time-varying voltage sources, e.g., buffers, timevarying power supplies, and resonant clock genera...