An electromagnetic micro power generator for wideband environmental vibrations

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 145-146, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 405-413

  Sari, Ibrahim ^a   Balkan, Tuna ^a   Kulah, Haluk ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic power generation; Energy harvesting; Energy scavenging; Frequency sweeper; Micro power generation

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; ELECTROMAGNETISM; LATTICE VIBRATIONS; MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETISM; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

ARRAY OF CANTILEVERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC (EM); ELECTROMAGNETIC VIBRATIONS; ELSEVIER (CO); ENVIRONMENTAL VIBRATIONS; EXTERNAL VIBRATIONS; FREQUENCY RANGING; MICRO GENERATORS; MICRO-POWER GENERATORS; RELATIVE MOTIONS; WIDE BANDS;

VIBRATORS;

EID: 44849122933     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2007.11.021     Document Type: Article

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