Summary • Motivations of vibration energy harvesting • State of the art and potential applications • Vibration-to-electricity conversion methods
Introduction to Vibration Energy Harvesting Francesco Cottone Marie Curie Research Fellow ESIEE Paris – University of Paris Est
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NiPS Energy Harvesting Summer School August 1-5, 2011
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Summary • Motivations of vibration energy harvesting • State of the art and potential applications
• Vibration-to-electricity conversion methods • Performance metrics
• Technical challenges and limits • Conclusions
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Beyond the batteries • •
Moore’s Law: transistors doubling every one or two years! Batteries power density and lifespan are limited
Mobile Computing Improvement – Paradiso, et al. Pervasive Computing, IEEE, 2005.
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Beyond the batteries
Laptop
Smartphone
Wireless sensor nodes
Wearable sensors
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