Piezoelectric MEMS energy harvesting systems driven by harmonic and random vibrations

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 908-919

  Blystad, Lars Cyril Julin ^a   Halvorsen, Einar ^a   Husa, Svein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND VIBRATION; ENERGY HARVESTING SYSTEMS; HARMONIC VIBRATION; HIGH-AMPLITUDE VIBRATIONS; MICRO ENERGY; NONLINEAR EFFECT; NONLINEAR SWITCHING; OUTPUT POWER; PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY; PIEZOELECTRIC MEMS; POWER CONDITIONING; PROOF MASS; RANDOM VIBRATIONS; SINUSOIDAL EXCITATIONS; SPICE SIMULATIONS; SWITCHING POWER; WAVE FORMS;

ENERGY HARVESTING; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HARVESTERS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SPICE;

VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

EID: 77951079042     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2010.1495     Document Type: Article

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