Low-frequency piezoelectric energy harvesting prototype suitable for the MEMS implementation

Microelectronics Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 277-282

  Gu, Lei ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy harvester; Frequency up conversion; Low frequency

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE POWER; BATCH FABRICATION; ENERGY HARVESTER; FREQUENCY UP-CONVERSION; G ACCELERATION; IMPACT VIBRATION; IMPROVING POWER; LARGE DISPLACEMENTS; LOW FREQUENCY; MACRO SCALE; MEASURED RESULTS; PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY; PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY HARVESTING; POWER DENSITIES; RESONANT FREQUENCIES;

FREQUENCY CONVERTERS; HARVESTERS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PIEZOELECTRICITY;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 79551484697     PISSN: 00262692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mejo.2010.10.007     Document Type: Article

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