A new design for vibration-based electromagnetic energy harvesting systems using coil inductance of microgenerator

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 820-830

  Dayal, Rohan ^a   Dwari, Suman ^b   Parsa, Leila ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNITED TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

AC DC power conversion; boost converter; energy harvesting; low power; low voltage

Indexed keywords

AC VOLTAGE; AC-DC CONVERTERS; AC-DC POWER CONVERSION; BOOST CONVERTER; COIL INDUCTANCE; DC VOLTAGE; ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY; ELECTRONIC DEVICE; INTEGRATED DESIGNS; LOAD CONDITION; LOW POWER; LOW VOLTAGES; LOW-VOLTAGE; MICROGENERATORS; NEW DESIGN; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; POWER CONVERSION; POWER PROCESSING; SIMPLE TOPOLOGY; SINGLE STAGE; TWO STAGE;

AC GENERATOR MOTORS; DC POWER TRANSMISSION; DC-DC CONVERTERS; DESIGN; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; HARVESTING;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 79952943028     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2010.2101995     Document Type: Article

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