A Multiple Vibration Modes Separation Technique Based on 3*5 Element Energy Harvester Array: Frequency, Bandwidth Adjustment, and Electrical Characterization

A neat 3*5 element energy harvester array exploiting multiple vibration modes separation technique, has been designed, fabricated, and characterized. A considerable wideband of 15.6 Hz at simulation and 13 Hz at experiment has been gained in a very low frequency range (below 50 Hz), with the acceleration of 1g. Experimental results show that the adjusted harvester could generate the output power of about 2.1 mW at an 8 Hz resonant frequency with the optimum load resistance 350 $\text{k}\Omega $ . Meanwhile, the half-power (1.05 mW) bandwidth could reach up to 15.3 Hz. These results enable the designed device to improve viability for power supply of low power micro electron devices in some special low frequency vibration environment, such as large engineering applications, bridge monitoring, and wildlife monitoring.

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