Micro power generator for harvesting low-frequency and nonperiodic vibrations

Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 852-866

  Galchev, Tzeno ^a   Kim, Hanseup ^a   Najafi, Khalil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy harvesting; energy scavenging; frequency up conversion; Frequency Increased Generator (FIG); low frequency; Parametric Frequency Increased Generator (PFIG); parametric generator; vibration harvesting

Indexed keywords

ENERGY SCAVENGING; FREQUENCY UP-CONVERSION; FREQUENCY-INCREASED GENERATOR (FIG); LOW FREQUENCY; PARAMETRIC FREQUENCY-INCREASED GENERATOR (PFIG); PARAMETRIC GENERATOR;

BANDWIDTH; FREQUENCY CONVERTERS;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 79961209980     PISSN: 10577157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JMEMS.2011.2160045     Document Type: Article

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