Improved Bandwidth MEMS Dual-Resonant Electromagnetic Energy Harvesting

Mohammad Reza Balazadeh Bahar¹ , Manouchehr Bahrami² , Mohammad Bagher Bannae Sharifian³

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.7 , Issue.4 , pp.56-62, Dec-2020

Online published on Dec 31, 2020

Copyright © Mohammad Reza Balazadeh Bahar, Manouchehr Bahrami, Mohammad Bagher Bannae Sharifian . This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
 

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Abstract :
In this article, analysis of dual-resonant electromagnetic micro generator is performed. Also, output power, bandwidth and performance of dual-resonant systems are discussed. Multi-resonant micro generator exhibits higher bandwidth in comparison with resonant mode structure. The micro generator is designed to convert 1 – 3 Hz heart beat mechanical vibrations to output electrical power. MEMS technology is utilized to construct the device in tiny dimensions. Finite Element Analysis (FEA) software is utilized to determine the mechanical and electromagnetic characteristics of the power harvester. For 2 Hz and 2.1 Hz resonant frequencies, the output power of 0.30568 µW and 0.33746 µW are achieved, respectively. The maximum overall output power is 0.3794 µW. The achieved results illustrate that, the dual-resonant system exhibits better and wider frequency response in comparison with resonant system.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Electromagnetic micro generator, dual-resonant, mechanical vibrations, electrical power, MEMS (Micro Electro Mechanical Systems), FEA

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