• DocumentCode
    1876161
  • Title

    A potassium electret energy harvester for 3D-stack assembly

  • Author

    Misawa, Kensuke ; Tatsuhiko, Sugiyama ; Hashiguchi, Gen ; Fujita, Hiroyuki ; Toshiyoshi, Hiroshi

  • Author_Institution
    Res. Center for Adv. Sci. & Technol. (RCAST), Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    18-22 Jan. 2015
  • Firstpage
    1071
  • Lastpage
    1074
  • Abstract
    We report an electrostatic energy harvester based on the potassium ion (K+) electret that could be stacked up into a 3D structure to multiply the output power. Vertical comb electrodes are implemented in a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafer with a relatively heavy mass in the handle layer to lower the resonance. A single substrate formation exhibited a 0.34 μW output at 310 Hz for a load resistance of 1 MΩ.
  • Keywords
    electrets; electrochemical electrodes; electrostatic devices; energy harvesting; potassium; silicon-on-insulator; 3D-stack assembly; SOI wafer; frequency 310 Hz; load resistance; potassium electret electrostatic energy harvester; power 0.34 muW; resistance 310 Mohm; silicon-on-insulator wafer; vertical comb electrode; Electrets; Electrodes; Electrostatics; Micromechanical devices; Resonant frequency; Temperature sensors; Vibrations;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), 2015 28th IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Estoril
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MEMSYS.2015.7051148
  • Filename
    7051148