US 12,336,433 B2
Electronic circuit assemblies for capturing electrical energy
Harish Bharti, Pune (IN); Mukundan Sundararajan, Bangalore (IN); Sandeep Sukhija, Rajasthan (IN); Deepak Bajaj, Leicester (GB); and Bryan Sacks, Markham (CA)
Assigned to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Oct. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/512,941.
Prior Publication US 2023/0134707 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. H10N 30/30 (2023.01); H02N 1/00 (2006.01); H10N 30/80 (2023.01)
CPC H10N 30/30 (2023.02) [H02N 1/002 (2013.01); H10N 30/802 (2023.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic circuit assembly comprising:
electrical energy capture circuitry, the electrical energy capture circuity comprising:
a transducer circuit to generate electrical energy based on applied pressure by converting mechanical energy to electrical potential energy; and
static-electricity capture circuitry comprising a wire antenna to facilitate capture of electrical energy by capturing static-electricity from an external body, the static-electricity capture circuitry being integrated with the transducer circuit; and
a power management circuit electrically coupled to both the transducer circuit and the static-electricity capture circuitry of the electrical energy capture circuitry to receive, at least in part, the generated electrical energy from applied pressure at the transducer circuit and from the electrical energy from static-electrical charge captured by the static-electricity capture circuitry from the external body.