Architecture of ultra-low-power micro energy harvester using hybrid input for biomedical devices

Asian Journal of Scientific Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 212-224

  Semsudin, Nor Afidatul Asni ^a   Sampe, Jahariah ^a   Islam, Md Shabiul ^a   Md Zain, Ahmad Rifqi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROENGINEERING AND NANOELECTRONICS IMEN   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Biomedical device; Hybrid micro energy harvester; Thermoelectric generator; Ultra low power; Vibration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930146574     PISSN: 19921454     EISSN: 20772076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ajsr.2015.212.224     Document Type: Article

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