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Abstract | ||
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A model-based strategy for an efficient power supply control used in a wireless sensor network is presented. The strategy, based on Pulse-Skipping Modulation, regulates the current charging a battery, delivered by a photovoltaic source, resulting in an accurate current regulation and highly efficient power management. The strategy is implemented on a microcontroller unit and compensates for the microcontroller self-absorbed current. The modulation signal is generated through a full software interface, reducing the requirement for external components. Experimental validations, performed on a charger prototype by using a laboratory photovoltaic device simulator, proved that both regulation accuracy, regulation resolution and converter efficiency achieved are superior to the classic Pulse-Width Modulation. The approach results in a simple practical implementation, carries over the advantages of an up-to-date model for the photovoltaic device, and serves the auxiliary purpose of using the photovoltaic source as an instantaneous solar irradiance sensor. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2022 | 10.1109/TCSI.2022.3143698 | IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers |
Keywords | DocType | Volume |
Battery charging,DC-DC conversion,photovoltaics,wireless sensor networks,pulse skipping modulation | Journal | 69 |
Issue | ISSN | Citations |
5 | 1549-8328 | 0 |
PageRank | References | Authors |
0.34 | 20 | 6 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fabio Corti | 1 | 2 | 3.11 |
| Antonino Laudani | 2 | 0 | 0.34 |
| Gabriele Maria Lozito | 3 | 0 | 0.68 |
| Alberto Reatti | 4 | 13 | 9.36 |
| Alessandro Bartolini | 5 | 1 | 1.74 |
| Lorenzo Ciani | 6 | 0 | 2.37 |