• DocumentCode
    3039488
  • Title

    Shock induced energy harvesting with a MEMS harvester for automotive applications

  • Author

    Elfrink, R. ; Matova, S. ; de Nooijer, C. ; Jambunathan, M. ; Goedbloed, M. ; van de Molengraft, J. ; Pop, V. ; Vullers, R.J.M. ; Renaud, M. ; van Schaijk, R.

  • Author_Institution
    Holst Centre, Imec, Eindhoven, Netherlands
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    5-7 Dec. 2011
  • Abstract
    In this work we report shock induced measurement and simulations on AlN based piezoelectric vibration energy harvesters. We compare the result with sinusoidal input vibrations, where we obtain a record power of 489 μW. The vacuum packaged harvesters have high quality factors and high sensitivity. We validate the potential of piezoelectric vibration harvesters for car tire applications by measurements and simulations.
  • Keywords
    Q-factor; automotive electronics; energy harvesting; micromechanical devices; piezoelectric transducers; road vehicles; AlN; MEMS harvester; automotive applications; car tire; piezoelectric vibration energy harvesters; power 489 muW; quality factors; shock induced energy harvesting; shock induced measurement; vacuum packaged harvesters; Acceleration; Bandwidth; Electric shock; Q factor; Resonant frequency; Tires; Vibrations;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), 2011 IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    Washington, DC
  • ISSN
    0163-1918
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0506-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    0163-1918
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEDM.2011.6131639
  • Filename
    6131639