Research
Keywords - Analog Integrated Circuit Design, Low Power IC Design, Mixed Signal IC Circuit Design, Power Management ICs: Switching Inductive/Capacitive DC-DC Converter, LDO Regulator, AC-DC Rectification, Power Electronics, Fully-Autonomous SoC Synthesis with Deep Learning, Display Driver IC for OLED/LCD Displays, Sensor-Interface and Readout IC, Energy Harvesting Circuits, Wireless Power Transfer
Power Management Integrated Circuits (PMICs)
Topic 1: Power management integrated circuits (power management ICs or PMICs or PMU as unit) are integrated circuits for power management. Although PMIC refers to a wide range of chips (or modules in system-on-a-chip devices), most include several DC/DC converters or their control part. A PMIC is often included in battery-operated devices such as mobile phones and portable media players to decrease the amount of space required.
Energy Harvesting (EH)
Topic 2: Energy harvesting (also known as power harvesting or energy scavenging or ambient power) is the process by which energy is derived from external sources (e.g., solar power, thermal energy, wind energy, salinity gradients, and kinetic energy, also known as ambient energy), captured, and stored for small, wireless autonomous devices, like those used in wearable electronics and wireless sensor networks.
Wireless Power Transfer (WPT)
Topic 3: Wireless power transfer (WPT), wireless power transmission, wireless energy transmission (WET), or electromagnetic power transfer is the transmission of electrical energy without wires as a physical link. In a wireless power transmission system, a transmitter device, driven by electric power from a power source, generates a time-varying electromagnetic field, which transmits power across space to a receiver device, which extracts power from the field and supplies it to an electrical load. The technology of wireless power transmission can eliminate the use of the wires and batteries, thus increasing the mobility, convenience, and safety of an electronic device for all users. Wireless power transfer is useful to power electrical devices where interconnecting wires are inconvenient, hazardous, or are not possible.
