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Measurement, Instrumentation, and Sensors Handbook, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
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Measurement, Instrumentation, and Sensors Handbook, Second Edition, 2nd Edition

by John G. Webster, Halit Eren
February 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
1921 pages
82h 13m
English
CRC Press
Content preview from Measurement, Instrumentation, and Sensors Handbook, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
11-1
11.1 Introduction
Radiofrequency (RF) and mechanical energy transducers generate an alternating (ac) voltage and cur-
rent
th
at
is pr
oportional
to th
e
av
ailable
po
wer
in th
e
en
vironment
. Th
ere
ar
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ot
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f
di
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en
vironmental
en
ergies)
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at
al
so
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erate
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. Ho
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we ha
ve
ch
osen
th
ese
en
ergies
as th
e
mo
st
re
presentative
in te
rms
of th
e
va
riety
of en
ergy
co
nditioning
ci
rcuits
us
ed
. Ot
her
ac ha
rvesters
ca
n
us
e
si
milar
ci
rcuits
an
d
te
chniques
to th
at
pr
esented
in th
is
ch
apter
. In
deed,
RF an
d
mechanical energy sometimes benet of the same energy conditioning circuit structures. However,
no
te
th
at
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ch
tr
ansducer ...
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