MEMS Based Broadband Piezoelectric Ultrasonic Energy Harvester (PUEH) for Enabling Self-Powered Implantable Biomedical Devices

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Shi, Qiongfeng ^a   Wang, Tao ^a   Lee, Chengkuo ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVICES; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; POWER SUPPLY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; ULTRASOUND;

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MICRO-ELECTRICAL-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 84964584112     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep24946     Document Type: Article

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