• DocumentCode
    2540646
  • Title

    A flat high performance micro energy harvester based on a serpentine coil with a single winding

  • Author

    Cepnik, C. ; Wallrabe, U.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Microsyst. Eng., Univ. of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    5-9 June 2011
  • Firstpage
    661
  • Lastpage
    664
  • Abstract
    We introduce a flat micro energy harvester with a volume of 0.9 cm3 and a height of 3 mm. The combination of multiple magnetic circuits enhancing each others flux and one serpentine coil with a single winding and an effective copper filling factor of 100 % enables to maximize the output power. With a first prototype an average power of 12 μWavg at 1 ms-2 was generated. Our approach evidences that high power can be realized even with flat harvesters, although they typically suffer from high mechanically damping.
  • Keywords
    coils; damping; energy harvesting; magnetic circuits; micromechanical devices; copper filling factor; flat high performance micro energy harvester; magnetic circuits; mechanically damping; serpentine coil; single winding; size 3 mm; Coils; Conductors; Electromagnetics; Magnetomechanical effects; Optimization; Software; Springs; Electromagnetic energy harvesting; flat micro energy harvester; performance optimization;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Conference (TRANSDUCERS), 2011 16th International
  • Conference_Location
    Beijing
  • ISSN
    Pending
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0157-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/TRANSDUCERS.2011.5969839
  • Filename
    5969839
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2540646