近年來物聯網一詞越來越火紅，相關科技與技術也越來越進步，獵能技術即是其中一例。本論文提出一個可操作在室內光源照度下，用以獵取光能的升壓型轉換器，並設計以電路方式來實現開路電壓最大功率追蹤演算法，藉由調變功率電晶體的導通時間，使太陽能電池能操作在其最大功率輸出點，並將獵取來的能量存至超級電容中。
本晶片採用台灣積體電路公司(TSMC)0.18μm 1P6M混和訊號製程製作，以32 S/B封裝，包含PAD部分的晶片總面積為900×930 μm2。所量測得之系統最佳的轉換效率為93.5%，最佳的追蹤效率為98.6%，最佳的總效率為91.8%。

A photovoltaic energy harvester, which is basically a boost converter, is proposed in this thesis. In order to harvest energy from photovoltaic cell, the proposed converter adopts the fractional open-circuit voltage, which is one of the maximum power point tracking algorithm. The proposed system was fabricated by using TSMC 0.18μm 1P6M mixed-signal process. The highest power conversion efficiency of the converter is 93.5%, the highest tracking efficiency of the MPPT circuit is 98.6 %, and the highest total efficiency of the system is 91.8 %.

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