Vibration-based energy extraction for sensor powering: Design, analysis, and experimental evaluation

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5765, Issue PART 2, 2005, Pages 794-801

  Gao, Robert X ^a   Cui, Yong ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy extraction; Piezoelectric beam; Sensor powering; Vibration excitation

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EXTRACTION; PIEZOELECTRIC BEAMS; SENSOR POWERING; VIBRATION EXCITATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; VIBRATION CONTROL; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

EID: 25144497422     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.599979     Document Type: Conference Paper

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