Renewable Energy Microsources for Electronics - Energy Harvesting

Course guarantor:

Miroslav Husák

Lecturer:

Miroslav Husák

Tutor:

Miroslav Husák

Supervisor:

Department of Microelectronics

Synopsis:

The course deals with system integration applied in the design of digital and analog systems with application of system engineering, in i tis solved interconnection of various types of modern electronic systems on a chip as well as external. The course shows new possibilities of realization and application of integrated micro-components working with various physical principles and quantities using mainly MEMS technology, increasing reliability with all its attributes. The course introduces modern elements - microactuators with various principles of their activities including basic applications in industry, medicine, regulation, automotive control, etc. Basic elements of nanotechnology and nanoelectronic structures are mentioned here. The subject extends students' expertise with the latest multidisciplinary chip elements and their wide use in information technologies, IoT, biomedicine, aerospace, automotive industry etc.

Requirements:

Syllabus of lectures:

Basic energy harvestor (EH) structures, energy domains, importance, interdisciplinary, applications, system integration of digital and analog systems, multi-chip configuration

2. Physical phenomena, design methods, interconnection of systems

3. EH parameters, scaling, pick-up of energy

4. Basic EH blocks, converters, power supply management

5. Basic mechanisms and structures used in EH

6. Electrostatic principle, basic structures, used technologies, circuits solving, parameters, applications in a practice

7. Piezoelectric principle, basic structures, used technologies, circuits solving, parameters, applications in a practice

8. Electromagnetic principle, basic structures, used technologies, circuits solving, parameters, applications in a practice

9. Thermal principle, basic structures, used technologies, circuits solving, parameters, applications in a practice

10. RF principle, basic structures, used technologies, circuits solving, parameters, applications in a practice

11. Biochemical principle, basic structures, used technologies, circuits solving, parameters, applications in a practice

12. Wind principle, basic structures, used technologies, circuits solving, parameters, applications in a practice

13. Micro and nanotechnology for design and realization of EHs

14. Design and realization of EH structures

Syllabus of tutorials:

Introduction, organization of the seminars, introduction to safety in work

2. Introduction to the modeling and simulation (programs ANSYS/Coventorware)

3. Simulation and modeling of the selected EH structure (ANSYS /Coventorware)

4. Simulation and modeling of the selected EH structure (ANSYS /Coventorware)

5. Design and modeling of the selected EH structure (ANSYS /Coventorware) (device purchased from the project OPVVV)

6. Design and modeling of the selected EH structure (ANSYS /Coventorware) (device purchased from the project OPVVV)

7. Design and modeling of the selected EH structure (ANSYS /Coventorware) (device purchased from the project OPVVV)

8. Realization of the selected part of the EH structure in CTU/FEE technology (device purchased from the project OPVVV)

9. Realization of the selected part of the EH structure in CTU/FEE technology (device purchased from the project OPVVV)

10. Realization of the selected part of the EH structure in CTU/FEE technology (device purchased from the project OPVVV)

11. Realization of the selected part of the EH structure in CTU/FEE technology (device purchased from the project OPVVV)

12. Characterization of realized the EH structure (device purchased from the project OPVVV)

13. Measurement of of realized the EH structure (device purchased from the project OPVVV)

14. Presentation of semester projects

Study Objective:

Study materials:

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2024/2025:

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Time-table for summer semester 2024/2025:

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The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Doctoral studies, daily studies (compulsory elective course)
• Doctoral studies, combined studies (compulsory elective course)