A design procedure for wideband micropower generators

Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1288-1299

  Soliman, Mostafa S M ^a   Abdel Rahman, Eihab M ^a   El Saadany, Ehab F ^a   Mansour, Raafat R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic; Energy harvesting; Micropower generation; Wideband

Indexed keywords

DESIGN PROCEDURE; DOMINANT FACTOR; ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL VIBRATIONS; HARVESTED ENERGY; MICRO POWER GENERATOR; MICROPOWER GENERATION; MOVING STRUCTURES; OUTPUT POWER; PIECEWISE-LINEAR; STIFFNESS RATIOS; WIDE-BAND;

BANDWIDTH; DESIGN; ELECTROMAGNETISM; HARVESTING; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

EID: 71549137426     PISSN: 10577157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JMEMS.2009.2031695     Document Type: Article

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