Adjusting the resonant frequency of a segmented energy harvester through circuit connection patterns

Joint Conference of the 2009 Symposium on Piezoelectricity, Acoustic Waves, and Device Applications, SPAWDA 2009 and 2009 China Symposium on Frequency Control Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 204-208

  Hu, Hong Ping ^a   Xue, Huan ^a   Jin, Jing ^a   Wang, Hai Ren ^a   Hu, Yuan Tai ^a   Chen, Xue Dong ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Adjusting frequency; Circuit connection pattern; Segmented harvester

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTING FREQUENCY; AMBIENT VIBRATIONS; CIRCUIT CONNECTIONS; ENERGY HARVESTER; FLEXURAL MODES; GEOMETRICAL CONFIGURATIONS; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; OPERATING ENVIRONMENT; OPTIMAL STATE; PIEZOELECTRIC BIMORPHS; PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY; PIEZOELECTRIC HARVESTER; RESONANT FREQUENCIES; SEGMENTED HARVESTER; TRANSFER MATRIXES;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; ACOUSTICS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; HARVESTERS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; PIEZOELECTRICITY; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS; TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 78249238883     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SPAWDA.2009.5428954     Document Type: Conference Paper

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