A Review of Power Management Integrated Circuits for Ultrasound-Based Energy Harvesting in Implantable Medical Devices

This paper aims to review the recent architectures of power management units for ultrasound-based energy harvesting, while focusing on battery-less implantable medical devices. In such systems, energy sustainability is based on piezoelectric devices and a power management circuit, which represents a...

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Main Authors: Andrea Ballo, Michele Bottaro, Alfio Dario Grasso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-03-01
Series:Applied Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/6/2487