LOW-RESONANT-FREQUENCY MICRO ELECTRET GENERATOR FOR ENERGY HARVESTING APPLICATION

被引:37
作者
Edamoto, M. [1 ]
Suzuki, Y. [1 ]
Kasagi, N. [1 ]
Kashiwagi, K. [2 ]
Morizawa, Y. [2 ]
Yokoyama, T. [3 ]
Seki, T. [3 ]
Oba, M. [3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Tokyo, Dept Mech Engn, 7-3-1 Hongo, Tokyo 113, Japan
[2] Asahi Glass Corp, Res Ctr, Kanagawa, Japan
[3] OMRON Corp, Core Technol Ctr, Kyoto, Japan
来源
IEEE 22ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MICRO ELECTRO MECHANICAL SYSTEMS (MEMS 2009) | 2009年
关键词
D O I
10.1109/MEMSYS.2009.4805569
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A vibration-driven electret generator has been developed for energy harvesting applications. By using parylene as the spring material, a low-resonant-frequency MEMS generator is realized. Electrostatic levitation is adopted for the gap control. Large in-plane amplitude of 0.5 mm at the resonant frequency as low as 21 Hz has been achieved. We also demonstrate electret-powered operation of LED using a low-power-consumption impedance conversion circuit.
引用
收藏
页码:1059 / 1062
页数:4
相关论文
共 12 条
[1]   Energy harvesting vibration sources for microsystems applications [J].
Beeby, S. P. ;
Tudor, M. J. ;
White, N. M. .
MEASUREMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 2006, 17 (12) :R175-R195
[2]  
Boland J, 2003, PROC IEEE MICR ELECT, P538
[3]   Parylene-based electret power generators [J].
Lo, Hsi-wen ;
Tai, Yu-Chong .
JOURNAL OF MICROMECHANICS AND MICROENGINEERING, 2008, 18 (10)
[4]  
Marboutin C., 2007, P POWERMEMS FREIB GE, P141
[5]   Architectures for vibration-driven micropower generators [J].
Mitcheson, PD ;
Green, TC ;
Yeatman, EM ;
Holmes, AS .
JOURNAL OF MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS, 2004, 13 (03) :429-440
[6]   Energy scavenging for mobile and wireless electronics [J].
Paradiso, JA ;
Starner, T .
IEEE PERVASIVE COMPUTING, 2005, 4 (01) :18-27
[7]   The development of a high-performance perfluorinated polymer electret and its application to micro power generation [J].
Sakane, Yoshihiko ;
Suzuki, Yuji ;
Kasagi, Nobuhide .
JOURNAL OF MICROMECHANICS AND MICROENGINEERING, 2008, 18 (10)
[8]  
STERKEN T, 2007, INT C SOL STAT SENS, P129
[9]   Micromachined high-aspect-ratio parylene spring and its application to low-frequency accelerometers [J].
Suzuki, Yuji ;
Tai, Yu-Chong .
JOURNAL OF MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS, 2006, 15 (05) :1364-1370
[10]   EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ELECTRET GENERATOR, USING POLYMER FILM ELECTRETS [J].
TADA, Y .
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 1-REGULAR PAPERS SHORT NOTES & REVIEW PAPERS, 1992, 31 (03) :846-851