• DocumentCode
    501471
  • Title

    Three different SPICE models for representing the behavior of electrostatic MEMS converters

  • Author

    Salem, Marwa S. ; Zekry, A.A. ; Ragai, H.F.

  • Author_Institution
    ECE Dept., Ain Shams Univ., Cairo, Egypt
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    17-19 March 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    9
  • Abstract
    In this paper we proposed three different SPICE models for the electrostatics MEMS converter. Such converters are used in the energy scavenging system for wireless sensor nodes. Each model will be presented and a comparison between the three models will be carried out. The best model will be the one which well represents the behavior of the electrostatic MEMS converter. So by using this model one can study the interaction between the converter and the energy scavenging system.
  • Keywords
    SPICE; electrostatic devices; energy harvesting; micromechanical devices; power convertors; SPICE model; electrostatic MEMS converter; energy scavenging system; wireless sensor node; Electrostatics; Micromechanical devices; Power system modeling; Pulse generation; SPICE; Solar energy; Switches; Very large scale integration; Vibrations; Wireless sensor networks;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Radio Science Conference, 2009. NRSC 2009. National
  • Conference_Location
    New Cairo
  • ISSN
    1110-6980
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4214-0
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5233473