Energy harvesters driven by broadband random vibrations

Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1061-1071

  Halvorsen, Einar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Energy harvesting; Energy scavenging; Fokker Planck equation; Power spectral density (PSD); Random vibrations

Indexed keywords

LATTICE VIBRATIONS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

ENERGY HARVESTING; ENERGY SCAVENGING; FOKKER-PLANCK EQUATION; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY (PSD); RANDOM VIBRATIONS;

HARVESTERS;

EID: 53649094264     PISSN: 10577157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JMEMS.2008.928709     Document Type: Article

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