Self-powered piezo-floating-gate smart-gauges based on quasi-static mechanical energy concentrators and triggers

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 676-683

  Lajnef, Nizar ^a   Borchani, Wassim ^a   Burgueno, Rigoberto ^a   Chakrabartty, Shantanu ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

energy scavenging; floating gate; frequency modulation; Self powered sensors

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS;

ENERGY SCAVENGING; FLOATING-GATES; MECHANICAL ENERGIES; OPERATIONAL ENERGY; OPERATIONAL PRINCIPLES; POSTBUCKLING RESPONSE; PRESSURE VARIATIONS; SELF-POWERED;

BANDPASS FILTERS;

EID: 84913580570     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2014.2351398     Document Type: Article

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