Energy Harvesting with Functional Materials and Microsystems

 

Index

A

1. ADC, See Analog-digital converters (ADCs)

2. Advanced Linear Devices, 33

3. AES, See Auger electron spectroscopy (AES)

4. AFM, See Atomic force microscopy (AFM)

5. alternative design, 189–191

6. aluminum oxide (Al₂O₃) substrate

   1. thermopower devices, 108, 117–120

   2. ZnO thin films, 121

7. aluminum smelting, 62, 63

8. ambient energy, power microsystems with

   1. battery-assisted photovoltaic charger-supply, 21–22

   2. conditioning microelectronics, 13–20

   3. electrostatic chargers, 24–27

   4. energy and power requirements, 3–4

   5. energy-harvesting chargers and power supplies, 20–27

   6. kinetic energy, 8–10

   7. light energy, 7–8

   8. linear switch, 14–15

   9. magnetic energy, 12

   10. market demand, 2–3

   11. microsystems, 2–5

   12. miniature power sources, 6–13

   13. overview, 1–2

   14. piezoelectric chargers, 23

   15. summary, 27–28

   16. switched capacitors, ...