Non-resonant bi-stable frequency-increased power scavenger from low-frequency ambient vibration

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

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 632-635

  Galchev, T ^a   Kim, H ^a   Najafi, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy harvesting; Energy scavenging; Frequency up conversion; Inertial; Power generator; Power source

Indexed keywords

ENERGY HARVESTING; ENERGY SCAVENGING; FREQUENCY UP-CONVERSION; POWER GENERATORS; POWER SOURCES;

ACTUATORS; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; FREQUENCY CONVERTERS; HARVESTING; MICROSYSTEMS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; SCAVENGING; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

SOLID-STATE SENSORS;

EID: 71449127744     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SENSOR.2009.5285404     Document Type: Conference Paper

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