Novel micro vibration energy harvesting device using frequency up conversion

TRANSDUCERS and EUROSENSORS '07 - 4th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 871-874

  Lee, D G ^a,b   Carman, G P ^b   Murphy, D ^a   Schulenburg, C ^a  

^a PowerMEMS Technologies Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Frequency rectification; Frequency up conversion; MEMS; Piezoelectric bimorph; Superelastic NiTi ridges; Vibration energy harvesting device

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; MICROSYSTEMS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SENSORS; TRANSDUCERS;

FREQUENCY RECTIFICATION; FREQUENCY UP CONVERSION; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; MECHANICAL FREQUENCIES; MEMS; MICRO VIBRATIONS; PIEZOELECTRIC BIMORPH; PIEZOELECTRIC BIMORPHS; PIEZOELECTRIC CANTILEVERS; POWER OUTPUTS; PROBE TIPS; RESONANT FREQUENCIES; SOLID-STATE SENSORS; SUPERELASTIC; SUPERELASTIC NITI RIDGES; VIBRATION ENERGY HARVESTING DEVICE;

ENERGY CONVERSION;

EID: 50049113260     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SENSOR.2007.4300269     Document Type: Conference Paper

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