An autonomous battery-less sensor module powered by piezoelectric energy harvesting with RF transmission of multiple measurement signals

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Ferrari, Marco ^a   Ferrari, Vittorio ^a   Guizzetti, Michele ^a   Marioli, Daniele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BATTERY-LESS; CAPACITIVE SENSOR; DUTY CYCLES; ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; INTERMITTENT OPERATION; LABORATORY ENVIRONMENT; LOW POWER; MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS; MULTIPLE MEASUREMENTS; OFF-THE-SHELF COMPONENTS; PASSIVE SENSOR; PEAK POWER; PIEZOELECTRIC BIMORPHS; PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY; PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY HARVESTING; PROTOTYPE FEATURES; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RF TRANSMISSION; SENSOR MODULES; SENSOR-SIGNAL CONDITIONING; TIME INTERVAL;

PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

SENSORS;

EID: 70350641848     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/18/8/085023     Document Type: Article

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