An electret-based electrostatic µ-generator
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- Tom Sterken (UGent) , P Fiorini, K Baert, R Puers and G Borghs
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- Abstract
- This paper proposes a new approach towards mechanical waste energy scavenging, using a micromachined electrostatic converter. The device consists of a vibration sensitive variable capacitor polarized by an electret. The variation of the capacitance results in a current through a load circuit. A physical model of the device is described; in order to obtain a closed form expression for the converted power a linear model is presented. This model shows that 50 muW can be generated with a 5 gm vibration. A first prototype design based on a SOI MPW-service is proposed.
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-1847614
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- Sterken, Tom, et al. “An Electret-Based Electrostatic µ-Generator.” Boston Transducers ’03 : Digest of Technical Papers, Vols 1 and 2, IEEE, 2003, pp. 1291–94, doi:10.1109/SENSOR.2003.1217009.
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- Sterken, T., Fiorini, P., Baert, K., Puers, R., & Borghs, G. (2003). An electret-based electrostatic µ-generator. Boston Transducers ’03 : Digest of Technical Papers, Vols 1 and 2, 1291–1294. https://doi.org/10.1109/SENSOR.2003.1217009
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- Sterken, Tom, P Fiorini, K Baert, R Puers, and G Borghs. 2003. “An Electret-Based Electrostatic µ-Generator.” In Boston Transducers ’03 : Digest of Technical Papers, Vols 1 and 2, 1291–94. New York, NY, USA: IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/SENSOR.2003.1217009.
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- Sterken, Tom, P Fiorini, K Baert, R Puers, and G Borghs. 2003. “An Electret-Based Electrostatic µ-Generator.” In Boston Transducers ’03 : Digest of Technical Papers, Vols 1 and 2, 1291–1294. New York, NY, USA: IEEE. doi:10.1109/SENSOR.2003.1217009.
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- 1.Sterken T, Fiorini P, Baert K, Puers R, Borghs G. An electret-based electrostatic µ-generator. In: Boston Transducers ’03 : digest of technical papers, vols 1 and 2. New York, NY, USA: IEEE; 2003. p. 1291–4.
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- [1]T. Sterken, P. Fiorini, K. Baert, R. Puers, and G. Borghs, “An electret-based electrostatic µ-generator,” in Boston Transducers ’03 : digest of technical papers, vols 1 and 2, Boston, MA, USA, 2003, pp. 1291–1294.
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