公开(公告)号：US09923453B1

公开(公告)日：2018-03-20

申请号：US15603815

申请日：2017-05-24

Applicant: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Inventor： Sang-Gug Lee ,  Baek-Min Lim ,  Jeong-Il Seo ,  Young-Seok Noh ,  Hyun-Mo Gu

IPC: H02M3/158 ,  H02M1/36 ,  H01L35/02

CPC classification number: H02M1/36 ,  H01L35/02 ,  H02J7/0052 ,  H02M3/158

Abstract: A power management device according to example embodiments includes a self-startup circuit including an oscillator and a voltage multiplier to generate a start-up voltage in a first start-up period based on an input voltage, a boost converter to alternately charge the start-up voltage and an output voltage within a start-up voltage range during a second start-up period and to charge only the output voltage during an operation period, a controller to control the self-startup circuit and the boost converter based on a magnitude of the start-up voltage, a voltage charger including a start-up voltage capacitor and an output voltage capacitor, and a shared inductor connected between the input node and a common input node. The shared inductor operates as a part of the oscillator during the first start-up period and a part of the boost converter during the second start-up and operation periods.

公开(公告)号：US20230029579A1

公开(公告)日：2023-02-02

申请号：US17729756

申请日：2022-04-26

Applicant: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Inventor： Sang-Gug Lee ,  Young-Seok Noh ,  Jeong-Il Seo ,  Won-Jong Choi

IPC: H01L35/28 ,  H02J7/00

Abstract: A power management integrated circuit includes a reconfigurable converter connected to a rechargeable battery and a control circuit. The reconfigurable converter includes an indcutor to accumulate energy based on an input voltage from a thermoelectric device, provides a wireless sensor node connected to an output node with an output voltage based on the input voltage and an internal input voltage of the rechargeable battery, operates in one of operation modes based on an available power provided from the thermoelectric device and a power consumption by the wireless sensor node and drives the wireless sensor node in response to the wireless sensor node consuming a current greater than a maximum current generated by the thermoelectric device. The control circuit to control the reconfigurable converter based on the input voltage, a first voltage of a first switching node, a second voltage of a second switching node and the output voltage.