Electrostatic energy harvester

Wilson, Amy Charlene

Electrostatic energy harvester

Patent · 06 September 2022

OSTI ID:1925081

Wilson, Amy Charlene

An electrostatic energy harvester broadly comprises an electrical energy storage component, an electrical energy transfer stage, first and second variable capacitors, and a switching control module. The electrical energy transfer stage includes diode-connected transistors and dictates electrical energy transfer between the electrical energy storage component and the variable capacitors. The switching control module timely switches between the first and second variable capacitors according to a state machine. Subsequent electrical energy investments from the electrical energy storage component are less than an initial electrical energy investment due to remnant electrical energy remaining at the previously active one of the first and second variable capacitors from previous electrical energy harvesting.

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Research Organization:: Kansas City Plant (KCP), Kansas City, MO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

DOE Contract Number:: NA0002839

Assignee:: Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLC (Kansas City, MO)

Patent Number(s):: 11,437,931

Application Number:: 16/889,882

OSTI ID:: 1925081

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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