A 2-DOF wideband electrostatic transducer for energy harvesting and implantable applications

Proceedings of IEEE Sensors

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1542-1545

  Zhu, Y ^a   Moheimani, S O R ^a   Yuce, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL DEVICES; COMB STRUCTURE; DYNAMIC FREQUENCY; ELECTRICAL ENERGY; ELECTRO-MECHANICAL; ELECTROSTATIC TRANSDUCERS; MECHANICAL ENERGIES; MOTION DIRECTION; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; RESISTIVE LOADS; RESONANCE FREQUENCIES; RESONATOR DEVICES; SEISMIC MASS; ULTRASONIC ENERGY; WIDE-BAND;

DYNAMIC RESPONSE; ELECTROSTATICS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; HARVESTING; RESONANCE; RESONATORS; SENSORS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 77951134455     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSENS.2009.5398476     Document Type: Conference Paper

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