• DocumentCode
    1472128
  • Title

    Towards a piezoelectric vibration-powered microgenerator

  • Author

    Glynne-Jones, F. ; Beeby, S.P. ; White, N.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. & Comput. Sci., Southampton Univ., UK
  • Volume
    148
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    3/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    68
  • Lastpage
    72
  • Abstract
    As MEMS and Smart Material technologies advance, embedded and remote applications are becoming more widespread. Powering these systems can be a significant engineering problem, as traditional solutions such as batteries are not always appropriate. An inertial generator is developed that uses thick-film piezoelectric technologies to produce electrical power from vibrations in the environment of the device. The device validates the concept, and produces an output of 3 μW. Predictions show that orders of magnitude increase in power output are possible
  • Keywords
    electric generators; micromechanical devices; piezoelectric devices; thick film circuits; vibrations; 3 μW; 3 muW; MEMS; embedded application; inertial generator; piezoelectric vibration-powered microgenerator; remote applications; smart material; thick-film technology; vibrations;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Science, Measurement and Technology, IEE Proceedings -
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    1350-2344
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/ip-smt:20010323
  • Filename
    918310
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1472128