With the increase of density and complexity of high performance integrated circuits and
systems, including many-core chips and system-on-chip (SoC), it is becoming difficult to …

The performance of silicon complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor integrated circuits
can be enhanced through the monolithic three-dimensional integration of additional device …

This paper proposes charge pumps with improved power efficiency suitable for low-power
on-chip applications. Undesired charge transfer, which has a direction opposite to that of the …

This article presents a reconfigurable single-inductor multi-stage (SIMS) hybrid step-down
converter that efficiently provides a wide range of voltage conversion ratios (VCRs) needed …

Voltage multipliers are widely used for energy harvesting processes to convert the received
AC signal to DC signal, also enhanced the low level received signal. In this study, Villard …

This paper presents a power management unit (PMU) powered by a 1 mm solar cell on the
same substrate to rise up the harvested voltage above 1.1 V. The on-chip solar cell and the …

This article presents a 25 nW–2.4 switched-capacitor-based solar energy harvester with
integrated maximum power point tracking (MPPT). The proposed dc–dc converter avoids …

Safety and energy efficiency are two major concerns for implantable neural stimulators. This
paper presents a novel high-frequency, switched capacitor (HFSC) stimulation and active …

In this paper a compact, fully-integrated voltage multiplier with a low start-up voltage is
presented for energy harvesting applications. Two voltage doublers are cascaded with the …

This article introduces a fully integrated 230--to-12-AC–DC converter implemented in a 180-
nm high-voltage CMOS SOI technology. The primary block is a switched-capacitor dc–dc …