Energy harvesting from human motion for wearable devices

Q Cheng, Z Peng, J Lin, S Li… - 10th IEEE International …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Energy harvesting technology provides a promising choice to replace the batteries used in
modern wearable devices. This paper describes new kind of piezoelectric energy harvesting …

Wideband vibrational electromagnetic energy harvesters with nonlinear polyimide springs based on rigid-flex printed circuit boards technology

Y Chiu, HC Hong, WH Hsu - Smart Materials and Structures, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
A wideband vibrational electromagnetic energy harvester employing nonlinear spring effects
is proposed and demonstrated. The harvesters were designed and fabricated by commercial …

PDMS-based flexible energy harvester with Parylene electret and copper mesh electrodes

Y Chiu, MH Lee, SH Wu - Journal of Micromechanics and …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Currently, most vibrational energy harvesters have rigid and resonant structures to scavenge
kinetic energy from periodic motion in specific directions. However, in some situations the …

Flexible electret energy harvesters with parylene electret on PDMS substrates

Y Chiu, SH Wu - Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Currently, most vibrational energy harvesters have rigid and resonant structures to harvest
energy from periodic motions in specific directions. However, in some situations the motion …

Power supplier using flexible PCB based on self-powering and sensor node using the same

SC Ko, CH Jun - US Patent 8,664,833, 2014 - Google Patents
Disclosed are a slim self-powering power Supplier using a flexible PCB for a wireless
sensor network and a sensor node using the same, and a fabrication method thereof. An …

Rigid-flex PCB technology with embedded fluidic cavities and its application in electromagnetic energy harvesters

Y Chiu, HC Hong - Micromachines, 2018 - mdpi.com
A technology platform based on commercial printed circuit boards (PCB) technology is
developed and presented. It integrates rigid flame retardant (FR)-4 boards, flexible …

Dynamic Analysis of the Response of Parametrically Excited Systems

M Aghamohammadi - 2022 - researchspace.auckland.ac.nz
This thesis aims to analyse the response of Parametrically Excited (PE) systems, focusing on
accurate prediction of the response and its characteristics, particularly the upper bound …

Nonlinear electromagnetic energy harvesters fabricated by rigid-flex printed circuit board technology

Y Chiu, HC Hong, WH Hsu - Journal of Physics: Conference …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper, a wideband electromagnetic energy harvester designed and fabricated by
commercial rigid-flex PCB technology is demonstrated. The rigid FR-4 boards are used for …

Electromagnetic energy harvester with embedded ferrofluid in PCB technology

Y Chiu, HC Hong - Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper reports an electromagnetic energy harvester fabricated with Rigid-Flex Printed
Circuit Board (PCB) technology by a commercial PCB supplier. Rigid FR-4 boards were …

The convergence of parametric resonance and vibration energy harvesting

Y Jia - 2014 - repository.cam.ac.uk
Energy harvesting is an emerging technology that derives electricity from the ambient
environment in a decentralised and self-contained fashion. Applications include self …