Increased-bandwidth, meandering vibration energy harvester

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

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 2638-2641

  Berdy, D F ^a   Jung, B ^a   Rhoads, J F ^a,b   Peroulis, D ^a,b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

distributed mass; Energy harvesting; energy scavenging; increased bandwidth; meander; piezoelectric

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED MASS; ENERGY SCAVENGING; INCREASED BANDWIDTH; MEANDER; PIEZOELECTRIC;

BANDWIDTH; FREQUENCY BANDS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; HARVESTERS; MICROSYSTEMS; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SOLID-STATE SENSORS; TRANSDUCERS;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 80052116696     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/TRANSDUCERS.2011.5969872     Document Type: Conference Paper

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