Broadband piezoelectric energy harvesting devices using multiple bimorphs with different operating frequencies

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2104-2108

  Xue, Huan ^a   Hu, Yuantai ^a   Wang, Qing Ming ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT VIBRATIONS; DOMINANT FREQUENCY; ENERGY HARVESTING; MULTI-FREQUENCY; NUMERICA L RESULTS; OPERATING FREQUENCIES; OPERATING FREQUENCY BAND; PIEZOELECTRIC BIMORPHS; PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY HARVESTING;

ASPECT RATIO; DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; FREQUENCY BANDS; LATTICE VIBRATIONS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PRESSURE DROP; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

HARVESTING;

ACOUSTICS; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LETTER; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; POWER SUPPLY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCER; VIBRATION;

ACOUSTICS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MICRO-ELECTRICAL-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS; VIBRATION;

EID: 52649127376     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.903     Document Type: Article

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