Energy Supply and Management ICs

Supplying sufficient energy and managing supplied energy efficiently is another very important aspect of system design and implementation. Depending on the application and usage scenario, the choice of the energy source for microsystems can be various, including the battery, wireless power transfer, and energy harvesting. In this program, we have developed energy supply and management ICs that work with all these important types of energy sources. New circuit techniques and structures have been proposed to maximize the advantages of the targeted energy source while minimizing its disadvantages. Recently, we started to work on intra-body power transfer ICs to resolve the discrepancy between the optimal locations for energy sourcing or harvesting and the desired locations of wearable devices on the human body.

Wireless Power Transfer ICs

My research group has made significant contributions to advancing the art of wireless power transfer ICs by not only innovating the circuit techniques and structures but also demonstrating them in the context of emerging biomedical systems and applications