Energy harvesting from human and machine motion for wireless electronic devices

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1457-1486

  Mitcheson, Paul D ^a,b   Yeatman, Eric M ^a,b   Rao, G Kondala ^a,b   Holmes, Andrew S ^a,b   Green, Tim C ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy scavenging; Micropower generator; Micropower supply; Vibration to electric energy conversion

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

ELECTRIC ENERGY CONVERSION; ELECTRONIC DEVICE; ENERGY SCAVENGING; LOW POWER WIRELESS; MICRO POWER GENERATOR; MICROPOWER; RESEARCH INTERESTS; SOURCES OF ENERGY;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 51649122440     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2008.927494     Document Type: Article

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