Efficiency of energy conversion for devices containing a piezoelectric component

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 717-721

  Richards, Cecilia D ^a   Anderson, Michael J ^b   Bahr, David F ^a   Richards, Robert F ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY STORAGE; MICROSENSORS; POLYMERS; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT;

COUPLING COEFFICIENT; ELECTROMECHANICAL COUPLING; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; STRUCTURAL STIFFNESS;

PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES;

EID: 2542479730     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/14/5/009     Document Type: Article

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