Title :
Low-frequency MEMS energy harvesters for the supplying of vehicle diagnostic systems
Author :
De Pasquale, Giorgio ; Somà, Aurelio
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech., Politec. di Torino, Torino, Italy
Abstract :
The possibility to harvest energy from environmental vibrations is very attractive for the supplying of miniaturized devices and sensor networks in the case of vehicle diagnostic. The design and fabrication of MEMS harvesters based on the capacitive transduction is presented; the setup of experimental desk for the characterization of energy harvesters is also introduced.
Keywords :
energy harvesting; vehicle dynamics; capacitive transduction; environmental vibrations; low-frequency MEMS energy harvesters; vehicle diagnostic systems; Battery charge measurement; Condition monitoring; Fabrication; Micromechanical devices; Power generation; Power system reliability; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Vehicle dynamics; Vibrations; Wires;
Conference_Titel :
Design Test Integration and Packaging of MEMS/MOEMS (DTIP), 2010 Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Seville
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6636-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-2-35500-011-9
