• DocumentCode
    1982246
  • Title

    New resonant rectifier for capacitive sources

  • Author

    Ben-yaakov, Sam ; Krihely, Natan

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Ben-Gurion Univ. of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    6-7 Sept. 2004
  • Firstpage
    48
  • Lastpage
    51
  • Abstract
    A new rectification scheme is proposed for increasing the available output power of electrical generators that have a high output capacitance. The new rectifier could be useful in increasing the output power of piezoelectric generators (PZG) that convert mechanical vibrations to electrical power. The improvement is achieved by a resonant circuit that self commutates the voltage across the output terminals of the PZG, thereby eliminating the shunting of the output current by the output capacitor.
  • Keywords
    capacitance; circuit resonance; electric generators; network analysis; piezoelectric devices; rectifiers; rectifying circuits; capacitive sources; electrical generators; electrical power; mechanical vibrations; output capacitor; piezoelectric generators; resonant circuit; resonant rectifier; self commutating circuit; Bridge circuits; Capacitance; Capacitors; Frequency; Impedance; Inductance; Inductors; Power generation; Rectifiers; Resonance;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel, 2004. Proceedings. 2004 23rd IEEE Convention of
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8427-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EEEI.2004.1361085
  • Filename
    1361085