A 13.56 MHz, 94.1% Peak Efficiency CMOS Active Rectifier with Adaptive Delay Time Control for Wireless Power Transmission Systems

In this paper, an adaptive delay time control (ADTC)-based CMOS active rectifier is proposed. Compared with previous active rectifiers, power-hungry comparators are eliminated in this structure. Instead, optimal on/off time of the power switches is generated by two current controlled delay lines (CCDLs), which enables drastic power reduction of the active rectifier. In addition, the multiple-pulsing problem is eliminated due to the introduced control mechanism. The high-precision on/off control at picosecond-level precision removes the reverse current of the rectifier and guarantees high voltage conversion rate (VCR) and power conversion efficiency (PCE). The active rectifier is fabricated with a standard 0.18-μm CMOS process. The experimental results show that the quiescent power consumption of the rectifier is less than 230 μ W. The current conduction angle reaches the optimal state under different input and load conditions because of the adaptive adjustment. The peak PCE is 94.1% at the output power of 10.63 mW. The PCE is enhanced by 6.7% compared with the previous design. The maximum output power of 34.1 mW is achieved with input ac amplitude of 2.5 V. The proposed low-power high-efficiency active rectifier gives a favorable solution for the wireless power transmission systems.