Energy Scavenging from Low-Frequency Vibrations by Using Frequency Up-Conversion for Wireless Sensor Applications

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 261-268

  Kulah, Haluk ^a   Najafi, Khalil ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

energy harvesting; Energy scavenging; frequency up conversion; microelectromechanical systems (MEMS); wireless sensors

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008055140     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: 15581748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2008.917125     Document Type: Article

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