Optimization of a piezoelectric energy harvester for environmental broadband vibrations

Proceedings of the 15th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, ICECS 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 177-181

  Paci, Dario ^a   Schipani, Monica ^a   Bottarel, Valeria ^a   Miatton, Daniele ^b  

^a STMICROELECTRONICS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SCAVENGING;

BROADBAND VIBRATIONS; DESIGN METHODOLOGIES; ENERGY SCAVENGING; FEM SIMULATIONS; GEOMETRICAL PARAMETERS; HARVESTED ENERGIES; OPTIMUM VALUES; PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY HARVESTERS; SOURCES OF ENERGIES; THEORETICAL ANALYSES; TRANSDUCTION EFFICIENCIES;

NETWORKS (CIRCUITS);

EID: 57849127346     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICECS.2008.4674820     Document Type: Conference Paper

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