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A study of low level vibrations as a power source for wireless sensor nodes
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The goal of this paper is not to suggest that the conversion of vibrations is the best or most versatile method to scavenge ambient power, but to study its potential as a viable power source for applications where vibrations are present.About:
This article is published in Computer Communications.The article was published on 2003-07-01. It has received 2727 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Power module & Energy source.read more
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Energy harvesting vibration sources for microsystems applications
TL;DR: A comprehensive review of existing piezoelectric generators is presented in this paper, including impact coupled, resonant and human-based devices, including large scale discrete devices and wafer-scale integrated versions.
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Energy scavenging for mobile and wireless electronics
Joseph A. Paradiso,Thad Starner +1 more
TL;DR: A whirlwind survey of energy harvesting can be found in this article, where the authors present a survey of recent advances in energy harvesting, spanning historic and current developments in sensor networks and mobile devices.
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A review of power harvesting using piezoelectric materials (2003–2006)
Steven R. Anton,Henry A. Sodano +1 more
TL;DR: The field of power harvesting has experienced significant growth over the past few years due to the ever-increasing desire to produce portable and wireless electronics with extended lifespans as mentioned in this paper, and the use of batteries can be troublesome due to their limited lifespan, thus necessitating their periodic replacement.
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A piezoelectric vibration based generator for wireless electronics
Shad Roundy,Paul K. Wright +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a vibration-based piezoelectric generator has been developed as an enabling technology for wireless sensor networks, where the authors discuss the modeling, design, and optimization of the generator based on a two-layer bending element.
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Energy Harvesting From Human and Machine Motion for Wireless Electronic Devices
TL;DR: The principles and state-of-art in motion-driven miniature energy harvesters are reviewed and trends, suitable applications, and possible future developments are discussed.
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Analysis of a micro-electric generator for microsystems
CB Williams,R.B. Yates +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed a microgenerator that generates electricity from mechanical energy when embedded in a vibrating medium, and the power produced is proportional to the cube of the frequency of vibration, and that the mass deflection should be as large as possible.
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Energy scavenging with shoe-mounted piezoelectrics
N.S. Shenck,Joseph A. Paradiso +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a flexible piezoelectric foil stave was used to harness sole-bending energy and a reinforced PZT dimorph to capture heel-strike energy.
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Human-powered wearable computing
TL;DR: This paper explores the possibility of harnessing the energy expended during the user's everyday actions to generate power for his or her computer, thus eliminating the impediment of batteries.
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Vibration-to-electric energy conversion
Scott E. Meninger,Jose Oscar Mur-Miranda,Rajeevan Amirtharajah,Anantha P. Chandrakasan,Jeffrey H. Lang +4 more
TL;DR: A system to convert ambient mechanical vibration into electrical energy for use in powering autonomous low power electronic systems and an ultra low-power delay locked loop (DLL)-based system capable of autonomously achieving a steady-state lock to the vibration frequency is described.
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Self-powered signal processing using vibration-based power generation
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors demonstrate the feasibility of operating a digital system from power generated by vibrations in its environment, using a moving coil electromagnetic transducer as a power generator.
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