Nonlinearity in Energy Harvesting Systems Micro- and Nanoscale Appli
This book is a single-source guide to nonlinearity and nonlinear techniques in energy harvesting, with a focus on vibration energy harvesters for micro and nanoscale applications. The authors demonstrate that whereas nonlinearity was avoided as an undesir
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arity in Energy Harvesting Systems Micro- and Nanoscale Applications
Nonlinearity in Energy Harvesting Systems
Elena Blokhina Abdelali El Aroudi Eduard Alarcon Dimitri Galayko •
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Nonlinearity in Energy Harvesting Systems Micro- and Nanoscale Applications
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Editors Elena Blokhina School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering University College Dublin Dublin Ireland
Eduard Alarcon Technical University of Catalonia Barcelona Spain
Abdelali El Aroudi Department of Electronic, Electrical and Automatic Engineering University Rovira I Virgili Tarragona Spain
ISBN 978-3-319-20354-6 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-20355-3
Dimitri Galayko Laboratory of Computer Sciences UPMC—Sorbonne Universities Paris France
ISBN 978-3-319-20355-3
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Preface
As circuits and systems become more miniature and less power-consuming, we move towards a complete synthesis of systems and renewable power sources. This is an essential step towards fully autonomous, micro- and nano-scale smart systems that will become a part of the Internet of Things (IoT) trend. The area of engineering that develops autonomous energy sources, able to derive energy from environment, is called energy harvesting. It is a versatile, multidisciplinary and rapidly developing area that combines electronic engineering, materials science and physics with circuit design and system-level integration. There are many energy sources available for harvesting in the environment. Perhaps, one of the most common examples of an energy harvester known to every reader is a solar cell. But this is not the only example though. In this book, we discuss vibration ene
