Rolling rod electrostatic microgenerator

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1101-1108

  Kiziroglou, Michail ^a   He, Cairan ^a   Yeatman, Eric M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrostatic; Energy harvesting; Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS); Power scavenging

Indexed keywords

BROAD-BAND OPERATIONS; CAPACITANCE RATIOS; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; ELECTROSTATIC ENERGIES; ENERGY HARVESTING; FABRICATION TECHNIQUES; HUMAN BODIES; LOW FREQUENCIES; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS (MEMS); MICROGENERATOR; OPERATING PRINCIPLES; PHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; POWER SCAVENGING; PROOF MASS; PROTOTYPE DEVICES; SIMULATION RESULTS; VOLTAGE GAINS;

CAPACITANCE; CAPACITANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTROSTATICS; HARVESTING; MECHATRONICS; MEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS;

EID: 65549129719     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2008.2004381     Document Type: Conference Paper

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