Laser-machined piezoelectric cantilevers for mechanical energy harvesting

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1900-1905

  Kim, HyunUk ^a   Bedekar, Vishwas ^a   Islam, Rashed Adnan ^a   Lee, Woo Ho ^b   Leo, Don ^c   Priya, Shashank ^c  

^a University of Texas at Arlington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^c Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT FORCE; ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; FABRICATED DEVICES; LASER MACHINING; LOW FREQUENCIES; MACHINING PROCESSES; MECHANICAL ENERGIES; MICROELECTRONICS PACKAGING; PIEZOELECTRIC CANTILEVERS;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; HARVESTING; MACHINING; MICROELECTRONICS; OPTICAL DESIGN; PIEZOELECTRICITY;

LASERS;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; METHODOLOGY; MOTION; POWER SUPPLY; VIBRATION;

ACOUSTICS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS; MOTION; VIBRATION;

EID: 52749088724     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.881     Document Type: Article

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