Ultra-low power control system for maximal energy harvesting from short duration vibrations

IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 252-266

  Vijayaraghavan, Krishna ^a   Rajamani, Rajesh ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Battery less; Energy harvesting; Optimal vibration energy harvesting; Short duration vibrations; Standalone sensors; Traffic sensor; Ultra low power control systems; Wireless

Indexed keywords

BATTERY-LESS; SHORT DURATION VIBRATIONS; SHORT DURATIONS; TRAFFIC SENSORS; ULTRA-LOW POWER; VIBRATION ENERGY HARVESTING;

ALGORITHMS; CONTROL THEORY; HARVESTING; OPTIMIZATION; POWER CONTROL; SENSORS;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 77649184127     PISSN: 10636536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCST.2009.2018135     Document Type: Article

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