Optically-powered voltage-supply-device for effective utilization of optical energy in the fiber-to-the-home network

Hideki Fukano; Takeshi Shinagawa; Kenji Tsuruta

doi:10.1541/ieejeiss.132.495

Optically-powered voltage-supply-device for effective utilization of optical energy in the fiber-to-the-home network

Hideki Fukano, Takeshi Shinagawa, Kenji Tsuruta

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Abstract

An optically powered device with using InGaAs-Photodiode has been developed. This study aims to harvest light energy (2.8∼500 μW) from the FTTH (Fiber To The Home) network and to utilize it for operating remote sensors without external energy sources. First, we designed and evaluated the characteristics of the booster circuit and confirmed that it could boost an input voltage of 0.3 V to 3.0 V. Next, we also evaluated the characteristics of InGaAs photodiode and confirmed that it can output a voltage over 0.3 V at 10-μW input light. We demonstrate that a ready-made sensor can be operated with an input optical power as low as 10 μW.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	495-499
Number of pages	5
Journal	IEEJ Transactions on Electronics, Information and Systems
Volume	132
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1541/ieejeiss.132.495
Publication status	Published - 2012

Keywords

FTTH
Green Electronics
InGaAs-Photodiode
Optically powered device

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Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Optically-powered voltage-supply-device for effective utilization of optical energy in the fiber-to-the-home network

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