Project A – Electronic Circuits for Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting and Sensor Array Systems
Multiport and multimodal energy harvesting array systems require further circuit advancements. Wearables for health monitoring are an excellent energy harvesting example at raising interest. Further applications: smart city, building/bridge structure and environmental monitoring
- Should be energy autonomous for easy handling, no charger, always ready to go for 24/7 use
- SoA: Only single port harvesters! Require multiport harvesters for multiple asynchronous energy sources!
- Multimodal harvesting (pressure, solar, thermal,…) and arrays increase availability of energy
- Energy harvesting at high conversion efficiency needed
- Provision of energy for: (i) local sensor acquisition, (ii) local data processing, and (iii) Wireless connectivity, WAN needs more energy than BAN
- Wireless connectivity BAN (Body Area Network, e.g. Bluetooth) replaced by WAN (Wide Area Network, cellular IoT)
The primary research goal is the development of improved circuit design for multiport harvesters dealing with asynchronous energy sources in a piezo array
- Can the piezo elements be simultaneously used as sensors and energy providers?
- How to deal with asynchronous energy sources?
- How to ensure high availability and stability of energy?
- How to increase conversion efficiency?
Principal Investigators
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Prof. Dr. Georg Fischer Institute for Electronics Engineering Department of Electrical, Electronical, and Communication Engineering Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg |
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Prof. Dr. Daisuke Anzai Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Department Frontier Research Institute for Information Science Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan |
Doctoral Researchers
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M.Sc. Silmi Kaffah Institute for Electronics Engineering Department of Electrical, Electronical, and Communication Engineering Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg |
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M.Sc. Xianyi Duan Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Department Frontier Research Institute for Information Science Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan |
Associated Researchers
Dr. Dr. Jens Kirchner (FAU): jens.kirchner@fau.de
Publications Project A
2022
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Dependence of Piezoelectric Discs Electrical Impedance on Mechanical Loading Condition
In: Sensors (2022), S. 1710
ISSN: 1424-8220
DOI: 10.3390/s22051710
URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/22/5/1710 - , , :
Energy harvesting from a piezo buzzer with Schottky diode and complementary MOSFET full-bridge rectifiers
IEEE ISAF PFM ECAPD 2022 (Tours, France, 27. Juni 2022 - 1. Juli 2022)
In: 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Applications of Ferroelectrics (ISAF) 2022
DOI: 10.1109/ISAF51494.2022.9870144
URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9870144 - , , , :
Simultaneous Step Counting and Energy Harvesting from Piezoelectric Discs Embedded in a Shoe
In: IEEE Sensors (2022), S. 1-4
ISSN: 2168-9229
DOI: 10.1109/SENSORS52175.2022.9967338
2021
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Insole Gait Acquisition System Based on Wearable Sensors
In: Engineering Proceedings 10 (2021), S. 6
ISSN: 2673-4591
DOI: 10.3390/ecsa-8-11275 - , , , , :
Design and evaluation of directional antenna for shoe-mounted sensor for position identification of elderly wanderer
In: Sensing and Bio-Sensing Research 34 (2021), Art.Nr.: 100451
ISSN: 2214-1804
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbsr.2021.100451
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214180421000568 - , , , , :
Directive Antenna Design at 2.4 GHz on Foot Surface for Wanderer Location Identification
ISAP2020 International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (Osaka, 25. Januar 2021 - 28. Januar 2021)
DOI: 10.23919/isap47053.2021.9391396
2020
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Common-Mode Noise Reduction in Noncontact Biopotential Acquisition Circuit Based on Imbalance Cancellation of Electrode-Body Impedance
In: Sensors (2020)
ISSN: 1424-8220
DOI: 10.3390/s20247140
URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/20/24/7140/pdf