A 0.7-μm biCMOS electrostatic energy-harvesting system IC

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 483-496

  Torres, Erick O ^a   Rincón Mora, Gabriel A ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrostatic energy harvester IC; Low energy; Microsensor; Microsystem; Vibration

Indexed keywords

BATTERY VOLTAGES; BI-CMOS; BIOMEDICAL IMPLANTS; ELECTROSTATIC ENERGIES; LOW ENERGIES; LOW ENERGY; LOW POWER; SELF-POWERED; SOURCE OF ENERGY; SYSTEM PROTOTYPE; USABLE ENERGY; VARIABLE CAPACITOR; VIBRATION CYCLE;

CAPACITANCE; ELECTROSTATICS; HARVESTERS; HARVESTING; MICROELECTRONICS; MICROSENSORS; MICROSYSTEMS; VALUE ENGINEERING;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 76849083936     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2009.2038431     Document Type: Article

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