{"title":"Energy harvesting in 3D","authors":"V. Janicek","doi":"10.1109/ASDAM.2014.6998684","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes the design and evaluation of 3D electrostatic energy harvester. It is based on electrostatic converter and uses the principle of conversion of non-electric energy into electrical energy by periodical modification of gap between electrodes of a capacitor. The structure is designed and modelled as three-dimensional silicon based MEMS. Innovative approach made it possible to reach very low resonant frequency of approx. 100 Hz. A modified long cantilever damping spring design has been used. The structure can move in all 3 axes of coordinate system and can be mechanically tuned to reach desired parameters.","PeriodicalId":313866,"journal":{"name":"The Tenth International Conference on Advanced Semiconductor Devices and Microsystems","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2014-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The Tenth International Conference on Advanced Semiconductor Devices and Microsystems","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ASDAM.2014.6998684","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This paper describes the design and evaluation of 3D electrostatic energy harvester. It is based on electrostatic converter and uses the principle of conversion of non-electric energy into electrical energy by periodical modification of gap between electrodes of a capacitor. The structure is designed and modelled as three-dimensional silicon based MEMS. Innovative approach made it possible to reach very low resonant frequency of approx. 100 Hz. A modified long cantilever damping spring design has been used. The structure can move in all 3 axes of coordinate system and can be mechanically tuned to reach desired parameters.