Performance characterization of different nonlinear-transduction mechanisms for piezoelectric energy harvesting

Conference Record - IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 1148-1151

  Trigona, C ^a   Maiorca, F ^a   Giusa, F ^a   Noto, A ^a   Ando B ^a   Baglio, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

characterizazion of energy harvesters; magnetically coupled devices; nonlinear transducers

Indexed keywords

PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRANSDUCERS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

AMBIENT VIBRATIONS; ENERGY HARVESTER; EXTERNAL ENERGY SOURCES; MAGNETICALLY-COUPLED DEVICES; NONLINEAR TRANSDUCERS; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERIZATION; PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY HARVESTERS; PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY HARVESTING;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 84905674482     PISSN: 10915281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/I2MTC.2014.6860923     Document Type: Conference Paper

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