Micro-Electrostatic Vibration-to-Electricity Converters

By Shad Roundy, Paul K. Wright, Kristofer S. J. Pister. 2002

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Subfields: Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

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On the Effectiveness of Vibration-based Energy Harvesting (2005, background): “Meninger et al. (2001), Miyazaki et al. (2003), Roundy et al. (2002), and Sterken et al. (2003) have worked on electrostatic generators.”
An electromechanical finite element model for piezoelectric energy harvester plates (2009, neutral): “Different transduction mechanisms (piezoelectric [9–12], electromagnetic [13–17] and electrostatic [18,19]) can be used for converting vibrations to electricity.”
Strategies for increasing the operating frequency range of vibration energy harvesters: a review (2010, background): “Transduction mechanisms such as electromagnetic [7], piezoelectric [8] and electrostatic [9] can be employed to generate electrical energy by exploiting the relative displacement or strain.”
Energy harvesting vibration sources for microsystems applications (2006, background): “Electrostatic generators can be classified into three types [97].”
MEMS electrostatic micropower generator for low frequency operation (2004, background): “The motion of the mass relative to the frame is damped by one of several energy conversion mechanisms, namely electromagnetic force [1,2,5], electrostatic force[3,7,6], or piezoelectric force[4].”
A vibration energy harvesting device with bidirectional resonance frequency tunability (2008, methodology): “Recently, an electrostatic vibration to electrical energy convertor was proposed that could be fabricated using MEMS technology [7].”
A piezoelectric vibration based generator for wireless electronics (2004, background): “Generators based on electromagnetic [5–8], electrostatic [9–11], and piezoelectric [12–16] conversion have been suggested in the literature.”
A 1.9GHz RF Transmit Beacon using Environmentally Scavenged Energy (2003, background): “Both Meninger et al [8] and Roundy et al [9] have published electrostatic MEMS designs with simulated power outputs in the range of tens of microwatts per cubic centimeter.”