An electrostatic energy harvester with electret bias

TRANSDUCERS 2009 - 15th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1381-1384

  Halvorsen, E ^a   Westby, E R ^a   Husa, S ^a   Vogl, A ^b   Ostbo N P ^b   Leonov, V ^c   Sterken, T ^c   Kvisteroy T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

^b SINTEF   (Norway)

^c IMEC   (Belgium)

^d SensoNor AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Electret; Electrostatic transducer; Energy harvester; Vibration

Indexed keywords

BULK SILICON; COMPACT DESIGNS; CONTINUOUS MODE; ELECTROSTATIC ENERGIES; ELECTROSTATIC TRANSDUCERS; ENERGY HARVESTER; HIGH VOLTAGE; OUTPUT POWER;

ACTUATORS; ELECTRETS; ELECTROSTATICS; HARVESTERS; MICROSYSTEMS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY;

SOLID-STATE SENSORS;

EID: 71449113942     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SENSOR.2009.5285829     Document Type: Conference Paper

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