Title :
Determining the Required Pulses for Controlling the Operation of Electrostatic MEMS Converters
Author :
Salem, Marwa S. ; Salem, Mona S. ; Zekry, A.A. ; Ragai, H.F.
Author_Institution :
ECE Dept., Ain Shams Univ.
Abstract :
The main objective of this paper is to determine the required controlling pulses which control the charging and the discharging operations of the electrostatic MEMS converter. These converters found in the energy scavenging system for wireless sensor nodes. To achieve this objective, a SPICE model for the converter is implemented in order to describe its behavior. Thus the required controlling pulses are determined by simulating the interaction between the converter model and the energy scavenging system
Keywords :
SPICE; convertors; electrostatic devices; micromechanical devices; SPICE model; electrostatic MEMS converters; energy scavenging system; wireless sensor nodes; Capacitance; Control systems; Electrostatics; Micromechanical devices; Power system modeling; SPICE; Solar energy; Very large scale integration; Vibrations; Wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
MEMS, NANO and Smart Systems, The 2006 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cairo
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0899-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICMENS.2006.348210
