Bifurcation Scenarios in Electrostatic Vibration Energy Harvesters
Conference: NDES 2012 - Nonlinear Dynamics of Electronic Systems
07/11/2012 - 07/13/2012 at Wolfenbüttel, Germany
Proceedings: NDES 2012
Pages: 4Language: englishTyp: PDF
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Authors:
O’Riordan, Eoghan; Harte, Peter; Blokhina, Elena; Feely, Orla (University College Dublin, Ireland)
Galayko, Dimitri (UPMC, Sorbonne Universités, France)
Abstract:
In this paper, we present numerical bifurcation analysis of an electrostatic vibration energy harvester operating in constant-charge mode and using the in-plane gap closing transducer. We show how the system can be represented as a nonlinear oscillator and analysed using methods of nonlinear dynamics. We verify previous analytical theories and explain the behaviour of these energy harvesters, particularly in the regime between the first period doubling bifurcation and chaos.