Bouendeu, Emmanuel:
ISBN 9783862470518

Printed Circuit Board-Based Electromagnetic Vibration Energy Harvesters. Microsystem Simulation, Design and Manufacture, IMTEK Freiburg Vol. 3 # Pb., 186 S., 66 Abb., 17 Tab.

SCHLAGWORTE:
Leiterplattentechnik
Elektromagnetismus
Vibration
Energie
Energiewandler

Printed circuit board (PCB) technology is generally known as technology used for interconnecting electronic components or as substrate of electronic building elements. Can one imagine printed circuit board technology for clean micro-power generators? This thesis presents methods for achieving electromagnetic vibration energy harvesters based on the combination of printed circuit board technology and polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) or polycarbonate. Such harvesters are called printed circuit board-based electromagnetic vibration energy harvesters (PCB-based EM-VEHs). They are low-cost, suitable for small and large area applications, lightweight and can address low frequency mechanical vibrations over a fairly broad frequency bandwidth. PCB-based electromagnetic vibration energy harvesters are micro-generators based on Faraday's law of electromagnetic induction which harness free mechanical vibrations in the environment of microsystems and convert them into useable electrical power. They are clean alternatives to batteries as power supplies for low-power microsensor networks. Many electromagnetic vibration energy harvesters to date are silicon-based harvesters which are expensive and mainly restricted to small area applications and cannot be scaled-up for large area applications (blades of helicopter or wind generators) without extremely high additional cost and weight. Silicon technology requires expensive facilities which are unaffordable by countries with younger economics, for exemple, Kamita (African countries). This is a barrier to the ubiquitous deployment of such clean micro-generators which can help to improve the quality of life, especially for communities living in remote areas. Different topologies of PCB-based electromagnetic vibration energy harvesters in the standard and inverse configuration, for small and large area applications are presented.

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