This paper presents a novel silicon-based and batch-processed MEMS electrostatic
transducer for harvesting and converting the energy of vibrations into electrical energy …

Harvesting kinetic energy is a good opportunity to power wireless sensor in a vibratory
environment. Besides classical methods based on electromagnetic and piezoelectric …

Capacitive kinetic energy harvesters (KEH) employ conditioning circuits which achieve a
dynamic biasing of the transducer's variable capacitor. This paper, composed of two articles …

This work describes an experimental study on the possibilities of harvesting energy from tree
trunks in order to power sensor nodes for environmental monitoring, particularly in wild …

This paper reports on a new approach for the analysis and design of vibration-to-electricity
converters [vibration energy harvesters (VEHs)] operating in the mode of strong …

This letter deals with an innovative design for a silicon MEMS DC/DC converter, to be used
in autonomous mechanical-energy scavengers, based on electrostatic transduction. The …

This paper reports on an electrostatic Vibration Energy Harvester (e-VEH) system, for which
the energy conversion process is initiated with a low bias voltage and is compatible with …

This paper presents a novel approach to design and optimize geometric nonlinear springs
for wideband vibration energy harvesting. To this end, we designed a spring with several …

This paper presents a simple analytical method to optimize the efficiency of an electrostatic
out-of-plane gap-closing (OPGC) Vibration Energy Harvesters (VEH). For the first time the …

This paper presents a transistor-level design of a power management electrical circuit for
asynchronous electrostatic energy harvester. The conditioning circuit of the harvester is …