Microsystems for energy harvesting

2011 16th International Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Conference, TRANSDUCERS'11

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1845-1850

  Najafi, K ^a   Galchev, T ^a   Aktakka, E E ^a   Peterson, R L ^a   McCullagh, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bonding; Frequency Increased Generation; Frequency Up Conversion; Harvesting; Piezoelectric; Power Conversion; Power Generation; Power Sources; Scavenging; Vibration Scavenger

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY INCREASED GENERATION; FREQUENCY UP-CONVERSION; PIEZOELECTRIC; POWER CONVERSION; POWER SOURCES;

ACTUATORS; FREQUENCY CONVERTERS; HARVESTERS; MICROSYSTEMS; SCAVENGING; SOLID-STATE SENSORS; TRANSPORTATION; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 80052113049     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/TRANSDUCERS.2011.5969888     Document Type: Conference Paper

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