Demonstration Circuit DC2151A is a nanopower buckboost DC/DC with energy harvesting battery charger
®
featuring the LT C
3331. The LTC3331 integrates a high
voltage energy harvesting power supply plus a DC/DC
converter powered by a rechargeable cell battery to create
a single output supply for alternative energy applications.
The energy harvesting power supply, consisting of an
integrated low-loss full-wave bridge with a high voltage
buck converter, harvests energy from piezoelectric, solar
or magnetic sources. The rechargeable cell input powers a
buck-boost converter capable of operating down to 1.8V
at its input. Either DC/DC converter can deliver energy to
a single output. The buck operates when harvested energy
is available, reducing the quiescent current drawn on the
battery to essentially zero. The buck-boost takes over
when harvested energy goes away.
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A 10mA shunt allows simple battery charging with harvest
energy while a low battery disconnect function protects the
battery from deep discharge. A supercapacitor balancer
is also integrated, allowing for increased output storage.
Voltage and current settings for input and output as well
as the battery float voltage are programmable via pinstrapped logic inputs.
The LTC3331
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100
EUH is available in a 5mm × 5mm 32-lead
face mount package with exposed pad.
Buck Efficiency vs I
LOAD
Figure1. DC2151A Demoboard
90
80
70
60
50
40
EFFICIENCY (%)
30
20
10
0
1µ10µ10m100m1m100µ
Figure2. Typical Efficiency of DC2151A
V
= 1.8V
OUT
= 2.5V
V
OUT
= 3.3V
V
OUT
= 5V
V
OUT
VIN = 6V, L = 22µH, DCR = 0.19Ω
I
(A)
LOAD
3331 G34
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DEMO MANUAL DC2151A
performance summary
SYMBOLPARAMETERCONDITIONSMINMAXUNITS
V
IN
1.8VOutput Voltage RangeOUT0=0, OUT1=0, OUT2=01.728to1.872V
V
OUT
2.5VOutput Voltage RangeOUT0=1, OUT1=0, OUT2=02.425to2.575V
V
OUT
2.8VOutput Voltage RangeOUT0=0, OUT1=1, OUT2=02.716to2.884V
V
OUT
3.0VOutput Voltage RangeOUT0=1, OUT1=0, OUT2=02.910 to3.090V
V
OUT
3.3VOutput Voltage RangeOUT0=0, OUT1=0, OUT2=13.200to3.400V
V
OUT
3.6VOutput Voltage RangeOUT0=1, OUT1=0, OUT2=13.492to3.708V
V
OUT
4.5VOutput Voltage RangeOUT0=0, OUT1=1, OUT2=14.365to4.635V
V
OUT
5.0VOutput Voltage RangeOUT0=1, OUT1=1, OUT2=14.850to5.150V
V
OUT
3.45VFloat Voltage Range FLOAT1=0, FLOAT=03.381to3.519V
V
BAT
4.00VFloat Voltage Range FLOAT1=0, FLOAT=13.920to4.080V
V
BAT
4.1VFloat Voltage Range FLOAT1=1, FLOAT=04.018to4.182V
V
BAT
4.2VFloat Voltage Range FLOAT1=1, FLOAT=14.116to4.284V
V
BAT
Input Voltage Range3.0to18.0V
Specifications are at TA = 25°C
operating principle
Refer to the block diagram within the LTC3331 data sheet
for its operating principle.
a total drop of about 800mV at typical piezo-generated
currents, but is capable of carrying up to 50mA.
The LTC3331 combines a buck switching regulator and
a buck-boost switching regulator to produce an energy
harvesting solution with battery backup. The converters are
controlled by a prioritizer that selects which converter to
use based on the availability of a battery and/or harvestable
energy. If harvested energy is available, the buck regulator
is active and the buck-boost is off. With a battery charger
and a supercapacitor balancer and an array of different
configurations, the LTC3331 suits many applications.
The synchronous buck converter is an ultralow quiescent
current power supply tailored to energy harvesting applica
-
tions. It is designed to interface directly to a piezoelectric
alternative A/C energy source, rectify and store the har-
or
vested energy
on an external capacitor while maintaining a
regulated output voltage. It can also bleed off any excess
input power via an internal protective shunt regulator.
An internal full-wave bridge rectifier, accessible via AC1
and AC2 inputs, rectifies AC sources such as those from
a piezoelectric element. The rectified output is stored on
a capacitor at the V
pin and can be used as an energy
IN
reservoir for the buck converter. The bridge rectifier has
When the voltage on V
rises above the UVLO rising
IN
threshold the buck converter is enabled and charge is
transferred from the input capacitor to the output capaci
tor. When the input capacitor voltage is depleted below
the UVLO falling threshold the buck converter is disabled.
These thresholds can be set according to Table 4 of the
data sheet which offers UVLO rising thresholds from 4V
to 18V with large or small hysteresis windows.
Tw o internal rails, CAP and V
, are generated from VIN and
IN2
are used to drive the high side PMOS and low side NMOS
of the buck converter, respectively. Additionally the V
IN2
rail serves as logic high for output voltage select bits UV
[3:0]. The V
the CAP rail is regulated at 4.8V below V
rail is regulated at 4.8V above GND while
IN2
. These are not
IN
intended to be used as external rails. Bypass capacitors
should be connected to the CAP and V
pins to serve
IN2
as energy reservoirs for driving the buck switches. When
is below 4.8V, V
V
IN
at GND. V
is an internal rail used by the buck and the
IN3
buck-boost. When the LTC3331 runs the buck, V
be a Schottky diode drop below V
buck-boost V
is equal to BAT.
IN3
is equal to VIN and CAP is held
IN2
IN3
. When it runs as a
IN2
will
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operating principle
DEMO MANUAL DC2151A
The buck regulator uses a hysteretic voltage algorithm
to control the output through internal feedback from the
sense pin. The buck converter charges an output
V
OUT
capacitor through an inductor to a value slightly higher
than the regulation point. It does this by ramping the
inductor current up to 250mA through an internal PMOS
switch and then ramping it down to 0mA through an
internal NMOS switch. When the buck brings the output
voltage into regulation, the converter enters a low quies
cent current sleep
state that monitors the output voltage
-
with a sleep comparator. During this operating mode,
load current is provided by the buck output capacitor.
When the output voltage falls below the regulation point,
the buck regulator wakes up and the cycle repeats. This
hysteretic method of providing a regulated output reduces
losses associated with FET switching and maintains an
output at light loads. The buck delivers a minimum of
50mA average load current when it is switching. V
OUT
can be set from 1.8V to 5.0V via the output voltage select
bits OUT [2:0] according to Table 1 of the data sheet.
The buck-boost uses the same hysteretic algorithm as
the buck to control the output, V
, with the same sleep
OUT
comparator. The buck-boost has three modes of operation:
buck, buck-boost and boost. An internal mode compara
-
tor determines the mode of operation based on BAT and
. In each mode, the inductor current ramps up to
V
OUT
which is programmable via IPK [2:0]. See Table 3
I
PEAK
of the data sheet.
An integrated battery charger operating from the V
IN2
rail
charges the battery through the BB_IN pin. Connecting
BB_IN to the BAT_OUT pin, an internal MOSFET Switch will
then connect the battery charger to BAT_IN. The battery
charger is a shunt regulator which can sink up to 10mA.
The battery float voltage is programmable with two bits
and a third bit is used to program the battery connect and
disconnect voltage levels. This disconnect feature protects
the battery from permanent damage by deep discharge.
Disconnecting the battery from the BAT_OUT=BB_IN node
prevents the load as well as the LTC3331 quiescent current
from further discharging the battery.
OUTPUT VOLTAGE
50mV/DIV
AC-COUPLED
EH_ON
4V/DIV
0V
I
BB_IN
200mA/DIV
0A
0A
I
CHARGE
1mA/DIV
ACTIVE ENERGY HARVESTER ENABLES
CHARGING OF THE BATTERY IN SLEEP
BAT = 3.6V
= 1.8V
V
OUT
= 50mA
I
LOAD
Figure3. Charging Battery with Harvested Energy
A SHIP mode is provided which manually disconnects the
battery. This may be helpful to prevent the battery from
100µs/DIV
discharging when no harvestable energy is available for
long periods of time, such as during shipping. Bring the
SHIP pin high to engage the SHIP mode. To disengage
the SHIP mode, bring the SHIP pin low. The BB_IN pin
needs to be brought above the low battery connect (LBC)
threshold to reconnect the battery.
Power good comparator, PGVOUT, produces a logic high
referenced to the highest of V
, BAT and V
IN2
OUT
Schottky diode drop. PGVOUT will transition high the first
time the respective converter reaches the programmed
SLEEP threshold, signaling that the output is in regulation.
The pin will remain high until the voltage falls to 92% of
the desired regulated voltage.
An integrated supercapacitor balancer with 150nA of
quiescent current is available to balance a stack of two
supercapacitors. Typically the input, SCAP, will be tied to
to allow for increased energy storage at V
V
OUT
OUT
supercapacitors. The BAL pin is tied to the middle of the
stack and can source or sink 10mA to regulate the BAL
voltage to half that of the SCAP voltage. To disable
pin’s
the balancer and its associated quiescent current, the
SCAP and BAL pins can be tied to ground.
3331 TA01b
less a
with
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DEMO MANUAL DC2151A
Quick start proceDure
Using short twisted pair leads for any power connections,
with all loads and power supplies off, refer to Figure4 for
the proper measurement and equipment setup.
Follow the procedure below:
1. Before connecting PS1 to the DC2151A, PS1 must have
its current limit set to 300mA and PS2 must have its
current limit set to 100mA. For most power supplies
with a current limit adjustment feature the procedure
to set the current limit is as follows. Turn the voltage
and current adjustment to minimum. Short the output
terminals and turn the voltage adjustment to maximum.
Adjust the current limit to 300mA for PS1 and 100mA
for PS2. Turn the voltage adjustment to minimum and
remove the short between the output terminals. The
power supply is now current-limited to 300mA and
100mA respectively.
2. Initial Jumper, PS and LOAD settings:
JP1 = 0 JP2 = 0 JP3 = 0 JP4 = 0
JP5 = 0 JP6 = 0 JP7 = 0 JP8 = 0
JP9 = 0 JP10 = 0
JP11 = RUN JP12 = OFF
PS1 = OFF PS2 = OFF LOAD1 = OFF
Remove battery from battery holder
6. Decrease PS1 to 0V and disconnect PS1 from V
IN
. Set
the current limit of PS1 to 25mA as described above.
7. Move the connection for PS1 from V
to AC1. Slowly
IN
increase PS1 voltage to 2.0V while monitoring the
input current. If the current remains less than 5mA,
increase PS1 to 19V. Verify voltage on V
the V
mary. Decrease
1.8V range listed in the Performance Sum-
OUT
PS1 to 0V, swap the AC1 connection
is within
OUT
to AC2 and repeat the test. Decrease PS1 to 0V and
move the connection for PS1 from AC2 to V
IN
.
8. Set JP5 to 1, JP6 to 1, and JP7 to 1. Increase PS1 to
19V and set LOAD1 to 50mA. Verify voltage on V
within the V
5.0V range listed in the Performance
OUT
OUT
is
Summary. Verify that the output ripple voltage is between 40mV and 90mV. Set PS1 to 0V.
Set the current limit of PS2 to 60mA as described
9.
above. Set JP1 to 0, JP2, JP3 and JP4 to 1, JP5–JP7
to 1 and JP8–JP10 to 0. Set JP12 to CHARGE. Increase
PS1 to 12V and set LOAD1 to 0mA. Connect PS2 to
the BAT_IN Terminals, then turn on PS2 and slowly
increase voltage to 1.0V while monitoring the input
current. If the current remains less than 15mA, increase
PS2 until V
reads 2.7V. Verify that the current in
M4
AM2 is approximately 660µA. Increase PS2 to 3.5V
and verify that V
is approximately 3.45V.
M4
3. Connect PS1 to the V
Terminals, then turn on PS1
IN
and slowly increase voltage to 2.0V while monitoring
the input current. If the current remains less than 5mA,
increase PS1 to 5.0V.
4. Set LOAD1 to 50mA. Verify voltage on V
1.8V range listed in the Performance Summary.
V
OUT
Verify that the output ripple voltage is between 10mV
and 50mV. Verify that PGV
OUT
LOAD1 to 5mA. Verify that PGV
high. Decrease PS1 to 2.0V. Verify that V
5. Set JP1, JP2, JP3, JP4 to 1. Slowly increase PS1 to
16V and verify that V
and verify that V
OUT
is off. Increase PS1 to 19V
OUT
is within the V
in the Performance Summary. Decrease PS1 to 4.0V.
Verify that V
OUT
is 0V.
4
is within the
OUT
is high. Decrease
and EH_ON are
OUT
is 0V.
OUT
1.8V range listed
OUT
10. Set JP8–JP10 to 1. Increase PS1 to 12V and set LOAD1
to 0mA. Set PS2 to 3.7V. Verify that the current in
AM2 is approximately 330µA. Increase PS2 to 4.3V
and verify that V
is approximately 4.2V.
M4
11. Set JP12 to FAST_CHRG. Set PS2 to 3.7V. Verify that
current in AM2 is approximately 10mA. Set JP12
the
to CHARGE
12. Set the current limit of PS2 to 100mA as described
above. Set PS1 to 14V. Set JP1 to 1, JP2, JP3 and
JP4 to 0, JP5 to 0, JP6 and JP7 to 1. Set JP8 to 0. Set
PS2 to 3.2V. Set LOAD1 to 5mA. Remove PS1 lead
from the V
the V
OUT
Verify that PGV
PS2 to 2.6V and verify that V
turret. Verify voltage on V
IN
3.0V range listed in Performance Summary.
is high and EH_ON is low. Decrease
OUT
is 0V. Increase PS2 to
OUT
3.8V. Press and release PB1. Verify the V
is within
OUT
is 3.0V.
OUT
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13. Reconnect PS1 to VIN turret. Set PS1 to 14V. Set JP8
to 1. Set PS2 to 3.8V. Set LOAD1 to 5mA. Remove
PS1 lead from the V
is within the V
OUT
Summary. Verify that PGV
low. Decrease PS2 to 3.1V and verify that V
turret. Verify voltage on V
IN
OUT
3.0V range listed in Performance
is high and EH_ON is
OUT
is 0V.
OUT
Increase PS2 to 4.3V. Press and release PB1. Verify
OUT
is 3.0V.
is approximately 0V.
OUT
the V
14. Set JP11 to SHIP and verify that V
15. Decrease PS2 to 0V and disconnect PS2.
16. Set the current limit of PS1 to 300mA as described
above. Connect PS1 to the V
1, JP6 to 1 and JP7 to 1. Set PS1 to 14V. Set LOAD1
to 50mA. Add a jumper lead from V
that BAL is approximately half of V
17. Quickly remove PS1+ lead from V
remains above 1.2V for approximately 5 seconds.
V
OUT
Terminals. Set JP5 to
IN
to SCAP. Verify
OUT
.
OUT
and verify that
IN
18. Turn off PS1, PS2 and LOAD1. Reinstall battery in
battery holder.
Figure4. Proper Measurement Equipment Setup
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DEMO MANUAL DC2151A
connection to a Dust mote (Dc9003a-B)
Attach a Dust® Mote to J1 of the DC2151A, refer to Figure5
for the proper setup. J1 is a keyed connector and is
connected to the left side of the P1 connector on the DUST
Mote. Figure13 is a schematic of the Dust Mote and the
DC2151A interconnections plus three extra connections
which 1) connect the SCAP to V
the middle of the supercapacitors and 3) connect EH_ON
to OUT2. The DC2151A contains NC7SZ58P6X Universal
Configurable 2-Input logic gates that are input voltage
tolerant and allow level shifting between the LTC3331
and the Dust Mote.
Remove the battery from the BH1 holder on the bottom
side of the DC2151A. On the DC2151A, set JP1 to 1, JP2
to 0, JP3 to 1, JP4 to 0, JP5 to1, JP6 to 0, JP7 to 0, JP8,
JP9 and JP10 to 0, JP11 to RUN.
, 2) connect BAL to
OUT
Piezoelectric Transducer Evaluation
Mount a series connected MIDE V25W to a vibration
source and connect the electrical connections to the
AC1 and AC2 turrets. Activate the vibration source to
an acceleration of 1g and a frequency of 60Hz. Figure6
shows an open-circuit voltage of 10.6V for the
piezoelectric
set the VIN_UVLO_RISING and VIN_UVLO_FALLING
thresholds, the open-circuit voltage of the piezoelectric
device must be measured. The internal bridge network of
the LTC3331 will have approximately 800mV drop at an
input current of 300µA.
device that was tuned to 60Hz. In order to
MIDE V25W
6
Figure5. DC2151A with Dust Mote
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5ms/DIV
2 • ∆t
2 • 208ms
P
CIN
= 648µW
connection to a Dust mote (Dc9003a-B)
VAC_OC 1G
5.00V/DIV
DC2051A FIG06
Figure6. MIDE V25W Open-Circuit AC Voltage with 1grms, 60Hz
Acceleration Applied
The peak-power-load voltage of a purely resistive source
is at one-half of the rectified no-load voltage. In this case,
the optimal average input-voltage regulation level would
be 4.9V. Using a VIN_UVLO_RISING threshold of 6V and
a VIN_UVLO_FALLING threshold of 5V (UV3=0, UV2=0,
UV1=1, UV0=0) yields an average input voltage close
to the theoretical optimal voltage.
Figure7 is a plot of the output power and load voltage
of the V25W piezoelectric transducer into a 42.2kΩ load
for various rms acceleration levels. The output power
DC2051A G01
6.000
5.000
LOAD VOLTAGE (V
4.000
3.000
RMS
2.000
)
1.000
0.000
700
600
500
LOAD VOLTAGE (V
400
300
POWER (µW)
200
100
0
0.250
0.375 0.500
)
RMS
POWER (µW)
0.7501.000
0.6250.875
FORCE (g)
Figure7. MIDE V25W Output Power into a 42.2kΩ Load with
1grms, 60Hz Acceleration Applied the MIDE V25W Piezoelectric
Transducer, [√2 • sin(2� • 60Hz • t)]
compares well with the input power that is charging C
IN
during the sleep cycle between VIN_UVLO_FALLING and
VIN_UVLO_RISING thresholds at an acceleration force of
, shown in Figure8 below.
1g
rms
EH_ON
5.00V/DIV
V
OUT
1.00V/DIV
V
IN
2.00V/DIV
50.0ms/DIV
DC2051A F08
Figure8. MIDE V25W Charging the 18µF input capacitance from
4.48V to 5.92V in 208ms
In Figure8, the input capacitor is being recharged from
the V25W piezoelectric transducer. The input capacitor is
charging from 4.48V to 5.92V in 208 milliseconds. The
power delivered from the V25W is 648µW.
P
CIN
2
•(V
C
IN
=
IN1
− V
IN2
2
)
2
P
CIN
=
18µF • (5.92
− 4.482)
Assuming that the circuit is configured as shown in
Figure9, it will take a significant amount of time for the
piezo transducer to charge the 0.09F supercapacitor on
the output of the LTC3331. As used above, the 22µF input
capacitor is only 18µF at an applied voltage of 5V, so
every VIN_UVLO_RISING and FALLING event produces
26 micro-coulombs [(5.92V – 4.48V) • 18µF)] that may be
transferred from the input capacitor to the output capacitor,
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DEMO MANUAL DC2151A
connection to a Dust mote (Dc9003a-B)
PIEZO
MIDE V25W
AC2
V
IN
CAP
V
IN2
UV3
UV2
UV1
UV0
BAT_IN
2µF
6.3V
CHARGE
BAT_OUT
BB_IN
FLOAT1 FLOAT0 LBSEL SHIP GND
LTC3331
22µF
25V
4.7µF
6.3V
1µF
6.3V
22µF
6.3V
Figure9. LTC3331 Circuit Charging Supercapacitor at No Load without a battery (Vout=3.6V)
minus the losses of the buck regulator in the LTC3331.
The buck regulator efficiency is approximately 90% at V
equal to 5V and V
between 2.5V and 3.6V. Thus, for
OUT
IN
every UVLO event, 23.3 micro-coulombs are added to the
output supercapacitor. Given a 0.09F output supercapacitor
charging to 3.6V, 324 milli-coulombs are required to fully
charge the supercapacitor. Assuming no additional load on
–6
the output, it takes 13,906 (.324/23.3e
) UVLO events to
charge the output supercapacitor to 3.6V. From Figure8, it
AC1
SCAP
PGVOUT
EH_ON
OUT2
OUT1
OUT0
SWA
SWB
SW
V
OUT
BAL
V
IPK2
IPK1
IPK0
IN3
100µH
22µH
DC2051A F09
0.1µF
6.3V
180mF
2.7V
180mF
2.7V
HZ202F
2.5V
100µF
6.3V
can be observed that each VIN_UVLO event takes 208ms,
so the total time to charge the output capacitor from 0V to
3.6V will be greater than 2900 seconds. Figure10 shows
the no-load charging of the output supercapacitor, which
takes approximately 3300 seconds. The above calculation
neglects the lower efficiency at low output voltages and
the time it takes to transfer the energy from the input
capacitor to the output supercapacitor, so predicting the
actual value within –12% is to be expected.
EH_ON
5.00V/DIV
V
OUT
2.00V/DIV
V
IN
2.00V/DIV
Figure10. Scope Shots of LTC3331 Charging Supercapacitor at
8
500s/DIV
No Load without a Battery (V
= 3.6V)
out
DC2051A F10
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connection to a Dust mote (Dc9003a-B)
PIEZO
MIDE V25W
AC1
22µF
25V
4.7µF
6.3V
Li-ION
BATTERY
22µF
6.3V
1µF
6.3V
2µF
6.3V
AC2
V
IN
CAP
V
IN2
UV3
UV2
UV1
UV0
BAT_IN
CHARGE
BAT_OUT
BB_IN
FLOAT1 FLOAT0 LBSEL SHIP GND
LTC3331
Figure11. LTC3331 Circuit with a Supercapacitor, a Battery installed and a pulsed load applied (Vout=3.6V)
Figure11 shows the LTC3331 with a supercapacitor on
the output, a battery installed and the output voltage set
to 3.6V. The scope shots in Figure12 were taken after
applying a pulsed load of 15mA for 10ms. With the battery
attached and a pulsed load applied, the EH_ON signal
will switch back and forth from high to low every time
the V
voltage transitions from the VIN_UVLO_RISING
IN
to the VIN_UVLO_FALLING threshold. When the pulsed
load is applied, the output capacitor is depleted slightly
100µH
SWA
SWB
V
SCAP
PGVOUT
EH_ON
IPK2
IPK1
IPK0
OUT2
OUT1
OUT0
SW
OUT
BAL
V
IN3
22µH
DC2051A F
0.1µF
6.3V
180mF
2.7V
180mF
2.7V
HZ202F
2.5V
100µF
6.3V
PULSE
15mA
10ms
and the input capacitor must recharge the output cap.
Because the input capacitance is much less then the output
capacitance, the input capacitor will go through many
UVLO transitions to charge the output capacitor back up
to the sleep threshold. Once the output is charged to the
output sleep threshold, the EH_ON signal will again be
consistently high indicating that the energy harvesting
source is powering the output.
50.0mV/DIV
LOAD CURRENT
20.0mA/DIV
Figure12. Charging a Supercapacitor with a battery installed
EH_ON
5.00V/DIV
V
2.00V/DIV
V
OUT
IN
1.00s/DIV
and a pulsed load (Vout=3.6V)
DC2051A F12
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connection to a Dust mote (Dc9003a-B)
Figure13 shows the LTC3331 with an output supercapacitor,
a Dust Mote attached, a battery installed and EH_ON
connected to OUT2. In this configuration, when EH_ON
is low, V
will be set to 3.6V.
V
OUT
will be set to 2.5V and when EH_ON is high,
OUT
The first marker in Figure14 is where the vibration source
was activated; V
threshold. EH_ON will then go high causing V
towards 3.6V (V
then rises above the VIN_UVLO_RISING
IN
to rise
OUT
started at 2.5V because the battery
OUT
had charged it up initially). At the same time EH_ON
goes high, PGVOUT will go low, since the new V
of 3.6V has not been reached. As the charge on V
being transferred to V
Figure14. MIDE 25W Charging Output Supercapacitor from 2.5V
to 3.6 V with DUST Mote Attached
22µH
V
= 3.6V FOR EH_ON = 1
OUT
= 2.5V FOR EH_ON = 0
V
22µH
NC7SZ58P6
×2
0.1µF
6.3V
DC2051A F13
OUT
1F
2.7V
1F
2.7V
DUST MOTE FOR WIRELESS MESH NETWORKS
*FOR PEAK POWER TRANSFER, CENTER THE UVLO WINDOW
AT HALF THE RECTIFIED OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE OF THE PIEZO
22µF
6.3V
V
PGOOD
EHORBAT
LINEAR TECHNOLOGY DC9003A-AB
SUPPLY
GND
T
X
DC2051A F14
Figure13. Dust Mote Setup with a Supercapacitor, a battery and EH_ON connected to OUT2
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connection to a Dust mote (Dc9003a-B)
low, causing the targeted V
to again be 2.5V. Given
OUT
that the output capacitor is very large and the average
load is less than the input power supplied by the MIDE
piezoelectric transducer, the output voltage will increase
to the higher setpoint of 3.6V over many cycles. During
the transition from the BAT setpoint of 2.5V to the energy
harvester setpoint of 3.6V, V
is above the 2.5V PGVOUT
OUT
threshold, hence, PGVOUT will go high every time EH_ON
goes low. This cycle will be repeated until V
the PGVOUT threshold for the V
setting of 3.6V. When
OUT
reaches
OUT
a pulse load is applied that is greater than the energy
supplied by the input capacitor, V
will drop below the
IN
VIN_UVLO_FALLING threshold, EH_ON will go low and
the buck-boost regulator will be ready to support the load
requirement from the battery, but will not start to switch
until the supercapacitor is discharged to 2.5V. In this way,
the circuit can store a lot of harvested energy and use it
for an extended period of time before switching over to
the battery energy. The supercapacitor could be sized to
accommodate known repeated periods of time that the
energy harvester source will not be available, such as
overnight when a vibrating machine is turned off or, in
the case of a solar application, when the lights are turned
off or the sun goes down.
While the EH_ON signal is low, the buck-boost circuit will
consume 750nA from the battery in the sleeping state.
The effects of a pulsed load are shown in Figure 14 at
approximately 1850 seconds, where V
is discharged and
IN
the EH_ON signal pulses low to high for a brief period of
time, which occurred as a result of the Dust Mote radio
making a data transmission.
PGV
OUT
5.00V/DIV
EH_ON
5.00V/DIV
V
OUT
1.00V/DIV
V
IN
2.00V/DIV
200s/DIV
Figure15. Output Supercapacitor Discharging when the vibration
source is switched off
Figure 15 shows the discharging of V
vibration source is removed and V
OUT
drops below the
IN
DC2051A F15
when the
UVLO_FALLING threshold, causing EH_ON to go low.
The supercapacitor on V
will discharge down to the
OUT
new target voltage of 2.5V, at which point the buck-boost
regulator will turn on, supplying power to the Dust Mote.
The discharging of the supercapacitor on V
provides
OUT
an energy source for short term loss of the vibration
source and extends the life of the battery.
Figure16 is the same Dust mote configuration as
Figure 13 but without the output supercapacitor.
Figure17 shows the charging of the output without
the supercapacitor attached.
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2
2
2
1.8V
2.5V
2.8V
3.0V
3.3V
3.6V
4.5V
2 - 21 - 14
2 - 21 - 14
2 - 21 - 14
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REVISION HISTORY
DESCRIPTIONDATEAPPROVEDECO REV
REVISION HISTORY
DESCRIPTIONDATEAPPROVEDECO REV
REVISION HISTORY
DESCRIPTIONDATEAPPROVEDECO REV
2
2
2
2.04V
2.70V
2.37V
3.05V
CONNECT DISCONNECT
3.45V
4.0V
2.70V
2.70V
2.51V
3.20V
3.05V
3.05V
2.86V
3.55V
4.1V
4.2V
4.0V
3.45V
0
1
11
00
0
3.20V
3.20V
3.55V
3.55V
OUTPUT VOLTAGE SELECTION
4.1V
4.2V
0
1
1111
FLOAT1LBSELFLOAT0 FLOAT
000
001
0
0
1
FLOAT SELECTION AND BATTERY DISCONNECT THRESHOLDS
VIN3BB_INVIN3
R60R6
0
R40R4
0
R20R2
0
FLOAT0
FLOAT0
1
1
FLOAT101
FLOAT101
LBSEL
LBSEL
1
1
R7R7
R5R5
DNPDNP
R3R3
DNP
JP10
JP10
0
0
JP9
JP9
JP8
JP8
0
0
11
VIN2
JP4
JP4
UV0
UV0
0
1
0
1
UV1
UV1
JP3
JP3
0
1
0
1
UV2
UV2
JP2
JP2
0
1
0
1
JP1
JP1
UV3
UV3
0
1
0
1
17
IPK1
18
19
24
23
22
30
31
32
UV34UV25UV16UV0
IPK0
IPK2
FLOAT0
FLOAT1
LBSEL
OUT0
OUT1
OUT2
AC18AC29VIN10CAP
11
JP7
JP7
OUT0
OUT0
0
1
0
OUT1
OUT1
OUT2
OUT2
1
JP6
JP6
0
1
0
1
JP5
JP5
0
1
0
1
GND
GND
E1
E10
E10
DD
E2
AC1E1AC1
CAUTION: 50mA MAX
AC2E2AC2
VIN2
6.3V
6.3V
1uF
1uF
C3
C3
VIN
C4
22uF
C4
22uF
E3
VINE3VIN
3V - 19V
OUT1OUT2OUT0 VOUT
0 00
UVLO SELECTION
VOUT
VOUT
E17
E17
L1
7
15
VIN2
VIN3
3
26
0.1uF
0.1uF
C6
C6
6.3V
6.3V
4.7uF
4.7uF
C5
C5
0603
0603
1210
25V
1210
25V
E4
0
01111
0
0
0
3V4V5V6V7V5V9V
UVLO
FALLING
UVLO
RISING
UV1UV2UV0
000
UV3
50mA
GND
GND
1.8V - 5.0V
E16
E16
C2
C2
6.3V
6.3V
1210
1210
150uF
150uF
L2
22uHL122uH
12
SW
SWB14SWA
16
VIN3
10V
10V
BB_IN
GNDE4GND
CC
5.0V
0
11
00
0
ILM SELECTION
1
11
INSTALL
1 11
4V5V6V7V8V8V10V
00
1
000
001
SCAP
SCAP
E14
E14
20%
20%
VOUT
22uHL222uH
R8
2
13
SCAP
VOUT
11
00
0
0
1
1111111
000
0
OPT
OPT
C10
C10
5.5V
5.5V
330mF
330mF
13
+
+
BAL
BAL
2
C1
C1
90mF
90mF
5.5V
5.5V
+
2
BAL
BAL
3
OPT
10V
10V
C9
C9
0.1uF
0.1uF
7.5kR87.5k
OPT
0
21mm x 14mm
21mm x 14mm
-
-
20mm x 15mm
20mm x 15mm
R9
BAL
PGVOUT
EH_ON
SHIP
GND
BAT_IN
BB_IN
BAT_OUT
CHARGE
20
27
C7
C7
20%
20%
22uF
6.3V
22uF
6.3V
1206
1206
R10
R10
3.01k
3.01k
BB_IN
CHARGE
2.0V - 4.2V
125mA
* 10mA,
(IF VBB_IN > VFLOAT)
CHARGE
E5
BB_INE5BB_IN
IPK0 ILIM
IPK1
IPK2
5V
10V
0
DMF3R5R5L334M3DTA0
DMF3R5R5L334M3DTA0
HZ202F
HZ202F
1
OPT
C8
7.5kR97.5k
1
28
29
25
33
21
U1
U1
OFF
OFF
CHARGE
CHARGE
5mA
10mA
15mA
R6
R7
R7
R4
R5
R5
R3
R3
R3
11V5V13V
12V
12V
14V
00
1
000
001
111
1
BAL
BAL
PGVOUTE9PGVOUT
E13
E13
E9
0.1uF 10VC80.1uF 10V
OPT
PGVOUT
R1
START
LTC3331EUH
LTC3331EUH
0
0
PB1
PB1
BB_IN
CHARGE
FAST_CHRG
JP12
JP12
E8
FAST CHARGE
FAST CHARGE
CHARGEE8CHARGE
25mA
50mA
150mA
250mA
100mA
R6
R7
R7
R6
R6
16V
R2
15V
R4
R5
R5
R4
R2
R2
R2
5V
5V
17V
16V
18V
18V
R4
R3
5V
14V
0
11
00
0
0
1
1111111
111
1
GND
GND
EH_ONE7EH_ON
GND
GND
E7
E12
E12
E11
E11
SHIP
EXT
SHIP
EXT
SHIP
SHIP
EH_ON
100R1100
BTH2
SMTU2477N-LF
BTH2
SMTU2477N-LF
OPT
WURTH- 434 111 025 826
WURTH- 434 111 025 826
12
+
+
I
I
12
I
I
+
+
BTH1
BTH1
BAT_IN
BAT_IN
BB
SMTU2032-LF
SMTU2032-LF
2.0V - 4.2V
E6
E15
E15
RUN
RUN
GNDE6GND
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VERIFY PROPER AND RELIABLE OPERATION IN THE ACTUAL
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DEMO CIRCUIT 2151A
LTC3331EUH
WITH ENERGY HARVESTING BATTERY CHARGER
WITH ENERGY HARVESTING BATTERY CHARGER
WITH ENERGY HARVESTING BATTERY CHARGER
2 - 21 - 14
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IC NO.REV.
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IC NO.REV.
N/A
N/A
N/A
SIZE
DATE:
SIZE
DATE:
SIZE
DATE:
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SCALE = NONE
SCALE = NONE
SCALE = NONE
3
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SUPPLIED FOR USE WITH LINEAR TECHNOLOGY PARTS.
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Figure18. DC2151A Demo Circuit Schematic, Page 1
4
3. INSTALL SHUNTS ON JUMPERS AS SHOWN.
2. ALL CAPACITORS ARE IN MICROFARADS, 0402, 10%, 10V.
1. ALL RESISTORS ARE IN OHMS, 0402, 1%, 1/16W.
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R14
1.00Meg
R14
1.00Meg
1
Q2
Q2
CMPT3906E
CMPT3906E
*
R11
R11
VIN
32
1
R12
R12
1.00Meg
1.00Meg
3
56.2
56.2
2
Q1B
Q1B
NDC7001C
NDC7001C
6
Q1A
Q1A
4
21
D1
5
NDC7001C
NDC7001C
CMOSH-3D1CMOSH-3
R13
100k
R13
100k
5mA113
10mA
7.5mA
75.0
56.2
R11 I_CHRG
BATTERY CHARGE
CURRENT *
BB_IN
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LTC3331EUH
WITH ENERGY HARVESTING BATTERY CHARGER
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DATE:
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DATE:
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SCALE = NONE
SCALE = NONE
SCALE = NONE
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VOUT
1
3
KEY
GND
RSVD
I/O 2
11
+5V
9
5
7
CUSTOMER NOTICE
LINEAR TECHNOLOGY HAS MADE A BEST EFFORT TO DESIGN A
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HOWEVER, IT REMAINS THE CUSTOMER'S RESPONSIBILITY TO
VERIFY PROPER AND RELIABLE OPERATION IN THE ACTUAL
APPLICATION. COMPONENT SUBSTITUTION AND PRINTED
CIRCUIT BOARD LAYOUT MAY SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT CIRCUIT
PERFORMANCE OR RELIABILITY. CONTACT LINEAR
LINEAR TECHNOLOGY HAS MADE A BEST EFFORT TO DESIGN A
CIRCUIT THAT MEETS CUSTOMER-SUPPLIED SPECIFICATIONS;
HOWEVER, IT REMAINS THE CUSTOMER'S RESPONSIBILITY TO
VERIFY PROPER AND RELIABLE OPERATION IN THE ACTUAL
APPLICATION. COMPONENT SUBSTITUTION AND PRINTED
CIRCUIT BOARD LAYOUT MAY SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT CIRCUIT
PERFORMANCE OR RELIABILITY. CONTACT LINEAR
LINEAR TECHNOLOGY HAS MADE A BEST EFFORT TO DESIGN A
CIRCUIT THAT MEETS CUSTOMER-SUPPLIED SPECIFICATIONS;
HOWEVER, IT REMAINS THE CUSTOMER'S RESPONSIBILITY TO
VERIFY PROPER AND RELIABLE OPERATION IN THE ACTUAL
APPLICATION. COMPONENT SUBSTITUTION AND PRINTED
CIRCUIT BOARD LAYOUT MAY SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT CIRCUIT
PERFORMANCE OR RELIABILITY. CONTACT LINEAR
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DUST HEADER 2X6
10
I2
I/O 1
GND
V+
12
2
DUST HEADER 2X6
OVERVOLTAGE TOLERANT BUFFERS
TRANSLATE THE HIGH PULL-UP
VOLTAGES FROM THE LTC3330 TO THE
VOUT VOLTAGE DRIVING THE
PROCESSOR I/O BUS, WHICH IS VOUT.
.
12
LL
HHLL
L
.
L
02
Y= ( I ) ( I ) + ( I ) ( I )
210
III Y
U2, U3, U4 FUNCTION TABLE
Figure19. DC2151A Demo Circuit Schematic, Page 2
4
5
NC
PGOOD
VBAT
4
6
NC7SZ58P6X
NC7SZ58P6X
VOUTVOUT
5
VCC
I0
3
EH_ON
EH_ON
EHORBAT
8
4
Y
I1
1
6
J1
J1
NC7SZ58P6X
NC7SZ58P6X
5
3
PGVOUT
4
VCC
I0
1
PGVOUT
Y
I1
U2
U2
VOUT
2
U3
U3
GND
2
I2
6
DD
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