Vibration Energy Scavenging

Date:

2004-2007

Themes:

MEMS, Sensor Technology, Wireless Systems

The VIBES project is concerned with harvesting energy from environmental vibrations for the powering of remote wireless sensor nodes. The energy scavenging device is a MEMS device fabricated using silicon micromachining technology.

Primary investigator

• Steve Beeby

Secondary investigators

• John Tudor
• Neil White
• Russel Torah
• Elena Koukharenko
• Peter Glynne-Jones

Partners

• Phillips Research Eindhoven
• Phillips Research Aachen
• TIMA
• LPMO
• NMRC
• MEMSCAP
• MetraVib
• Phillips Digital Systems Labs Leuven