A wide-band piezoelectric energy-harvester for high-efficiency power generation at low frequencies

2013 Transducers and Eurosensors XXVII: The 17th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, TRANSDUCERS and EUROSENSORS 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 697-700

  Tang, Q C ^a,b   Li, Xinxin ^a,b  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MICROSYSTEM AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

frequency up conversion; Vibration energy harvester

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE POWER; FREQUENCY RANGES; FREQUENCY UP-CONVERSION; HIGH-EFFICIENCY; LOW-FREQUENCY; PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATION; SINUSOIDAL INPUT; VIBRATION ENERGY HARVESTERS;

ACTUATORS; ENERGY HARVESTING; FREQUENCY CONVERTERS; MICROSYSTEMS; SOLID-STATE SENSORS;

PIEZOELECTRICITY;

EID: 84891682406     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/Transducers.2013.6626862     Document Type: Conference Paper

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