Design synthesis of electromagnetic vibration-driven energy generators using a variational formulation

Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 466-475

  Bouendeu, Emmanuel ^a   Greiner, Andreas ^a   Smith, Patrick J ^a   Korvink, Jan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic; energy; generator; harvester; PMMA; printed circuit board; variational formulation; vibration

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC; ENERGY; GENERATOR; PMMA; VARIATIONAL FORMULATION; VIBRATION;

DAMPING; DESIGN; ELECTROMAGNETISM; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURE; ENERGY HARVESTING; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FABRICATION; HARVESTERS; OPTIMIZATION; SITE SELECTION;

PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS;

EID: 79953760697     PISSN: 10577157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JMEMS.2011.2105245     Document Type: Article

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