Power Optimization by Mass Tuning for MEMS Piezoelectric Cantilever Vibration Energy Harvesting

Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 108-117

  Jia, Yu ^a   Seshia, Ashwin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy harvesting; microelectromechanical systems.; piezoelectric transducers; vibrations

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; ENERGY HARVESTING; PIEZOELECTRICITY;

MICRO-CANTILEVERS; NONLINEAR DAMPING; PIEZOELECTRIC CANTILEVERS; PIEZOELECTRIC MEMS; POWER OPTIMIZATION; SQUEEZE FILM AIR DAMPING; VIBRATION ENERGY HARVESTERS; VIBRATION ENERGY HARVESTING;

NANOCANTILEVERS;

EID: 84946935471     PISSN: 10577157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JMEMS.2015.2496346     Document Type: Article

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