An electromagnetic energy scavenger from direct airflow

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Kim, Seong Hyok ^a   Ji, Chang Hyeon ^a   Galle, Preston ^a   Herrault, Florian ^a   Wu, Xiaosong ^b   Lee, Jin Ho ^c   Choi, Chang Auk ^c   Allen, Mark G ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRECT CONVERSION; ELECTRICAL POWER; ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY; ELECTROMAGNETIC POWER; ENERGY SCAVENGER; ENERGY SOURCE; HELMHOLTZ; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; LINEAR ENERGY; MECHANICAL OSCILLATIONS; MECHANICAL RESONATORS; MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; POWER GENERATORS; RESONANT FREQUENCIES; SCAVENGING ENERGY; TIGHTLY-COUPLED; WIND VELOCITIES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; RESONATORS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

SCAVENGING;

EID: 70350625237     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/19/9/094010     Document Type: Article

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