Electrostatic energy harvester and Li-Ion charger circuit for micro-scale applications

Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 65-69

  Torres, Erick O ^a,b   Rincón Mora, Gabriel A ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrostatic vibration harvester circuit; Energy harvesting; Lithium ion charger; Self powered; Self sufficient; Self sustaining

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTROSTATICS; IONIC CONDUCTION; MICROSENSORS; TRANSCEIVERS;

ELECTROSTATIC VIBRATION HARVESTER CIRCUITS; ENERGY HARVESTING; LITHIUM-ION CHARGERS; MICRO-SCALE SYSTEMS;

LITHIUM BATTERIES;

EID: 34748851834     PISSN: 15483746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSCAS.2006.381996     Document Type: Conference Paper

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