AUTHOR=Gao Zhuo , Wang Shiwei , Li Yongfu , Chen Mingyi 

TITLE=Review of the Multi-Input Single-Inductor Multi-Output Energy Harvesting Interface Applied in Wearable Electronics

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Electronics

VOLUME=2

YEAR=2021

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/electronics/articles/10.3389/felec.2021.793780

DOI=10.3389/felec.2021.793780

ISSN=2673-5857

ABSTRACT=<p>Along with the industrialization and popularization of the wearable electronics, an increasing number of the wireless sensor nodes (WSNs) are deployed. Nevertheless, the conventional battery-based power supply system has no longer satisfied the requirement of large-scale WSNs in terms of battery life, which emerges the energy harvesting (EH) technique. In order to combine various of energy sources and drive multi-loads, the multi-input single-inductor multi-output (MISIMO) EH interface applied to wearable electronics is spotlighted. In this mini-review article, the solutions for improving power conversion efficiency (PCE) and output quality in MISIMO EH interface are summarized. Furthermore, the future trends of MISIMO EH interface are also presented.</p>