Power-extraction circuits for piezoelectric energy harvesters in miniature and low-power applications

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 4514-4529

  Dicken, James ^a   Mitcheson, Paul D ^a   Stoianov, Ivan ^a   Yeatman, Eric M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy conversion; energy harvesting; piezoelectric; transducers; vibration to electric energy conversion

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTION PATHS; DAMPING FORCES; ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION; EXCITATION AMPLITUDES; LOW POWER APPLICATION; LOW-AMPLITUDE; MICRO-SCALES; MINIMUM VALUE; OPTIMAL VALUES; PIEZOELECTRIC; PIEZOELECTRIC CURRENTS; PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENTS; PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY; POWER DENSITIES; POWER EXTRACTION; POWER OUT PUT; Q-FACTORS; SYNCHRONOUS RECTIFIER; SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS;

DAMPING; ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY HARVESTING; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; PIEZOELECTRICITY; THERMOELECTRIC POWER; TRANSDUCERS;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS;

EID: 84862128298     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2012.2192291     Document Type: Article

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