Title :
Design methodology and power conditioning circuit of vibration based MEMS converters for wireless sensor networks
Author :
Salem, Marwa S. ; Salem, Mona S. ; Zekry, A.A. ; Ragai, H.F.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of ECE, Ain Shams Univ., Cairo
Abstract :
This paper proposes a new design methodology for the MEMS energy converter to optimize its performance parameters in order to maximize its output power range and to validate charge transfer operation between the converter and the power conditioning circuit using the common circuit simulator SPICE. We developed a circuit model for the converter. An efficient transfer of charge between the reservoir and the converter has been found
Keywords :
SPICE; micromechanical devices; power convertors; vibrations; wireless sensor networks; MEMS energy converter; SPICE; power conditioning circuit; vibration; wireless sensor networks; Charge transfer; Circuit simulation; Design methodology; Design optimization; Micromechanical devices; Power conditioning; Power generation; Reservoirs; SPICE; Wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
Information and Communications Technology, 2005. Enabling Technologies for the New Knowledge Society: ITI 3rd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cairo
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9270-1
DOI :
10.1109/ITICT.2005.1609634