This book presents the development of solar powered portable charger to charge mobile phone during disaster recovery. It emphasizes on efficient solar energy harvesting circuit for charging mobile phone battery with the utilization of intermediate battery. In this book, Sealed Lead-Acid (SLA) battery was chosen as intermediate battery to protect the Lithium Ion battery which seems very sensitive to overcharging and discharging. Concerning on delivering the most efficient portable charger, polycrystalline silicon solar panel was selected which may supply up to 400mW of average power. In...

This book presents the development of mechanical powered portable charger to charge mobile phone during disaster recovery. It emphasizes on efficient mechanical energy harvesting circuit for charging mobile phone battery with the utilization of intermediate battery. In this book, Sealed Lead-Acid (SLA) or dry battery was selected as an intermediate battery to protect the Lithium Ion battery which is very sensitive to overcharging and discharging. Three modules are employed in this book, including a DC/DC boost converter circuit, SLA charging circuit and mobile phone charging circuit utilizing...