Energy harvesting electronics for vibratory devices in self-powered sensors

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3106-3121

  Chao, Paul C P ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic; piezoelectric; power conditioning; self powered sensor; vibratory energy harvester

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC; PIEZOELECTRIC; POWER CONDITIONING; SELF-POWERED; VIBRATORY ENERGY;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; ELECTROMAGNETISM; ELECTROMAGNETS; EQUIPMENT; HARVESTERS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SENSORS; SOLAR ENERGY;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 80155122719     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2011.2167965     Document Type: Article

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