Energy harvesting generators are attractive as inexhaustible replacements for batteries in
low-power wireless electronic devices and have received increasing research interest in …

This paper discusses the history, current state of the art, and ongoing challenges for
compact (less than a few cubic centimeters) magnetic power generation systems in the …

The trends in technology allow the decrease in both size and power consumption of
complex digital systems. This decrease in size and power gives rise to new paradigms of …

This paper presents a new inertial power generator for scavenging low-frequency
nonperiodic vibrations called the Parametric Frequency-Increased Generator (PFIG). The …

In this paper, trends from the last 10 years of inertial micro-generator literature are
investigated and it is shown that, although current generator designs are still operating well …

Beginning with a short historical sketch, electrodynamic energy harvesters with focus on
vibration generators and volumes below 1 dm 3 are reviewed. The current challenges to …

Non-limiting and non-exhaustive embodiments of the dis closure are described, including
various embodiments of the disclosure with reference to the figures, in which: FIG. 1 depicts …

This paper provides a simple and effective approach to calculate the electromagnetic
coupling of electromagnetic energy harvesters. The impact on the output power of resonant …

Electromagnetic (EM) energy harvesting seems to be one of the most promising ways to
power wireless sensors in a wireless sensor network. In this paper, FR4, the most commonly …

A wide-bandwidth, meandering piezoelectric vibration energy harvester is presented for the
first time utilizing the sensor node electronics as a distributed inertial mass. The energy …