@inproceedings{ab5fbf77f880434a88b5cb077376ff4b,
title = "Infrasonic energy harvesting for embedded structural health monitoring micro-sensors",
abstract = "Many signals of interest in structural engineering, for example seismic activity, lie in the infrasonic range (frequency less than 20Hz). This poses a significant challenge for developing self-powered structural health monitoring sensors that are required not only to monitor rare infrasonic events but also to harvest the energy for sensing, computation and storage from the signal being monitored. In this paper, we show that a linear injection response of our previously reported piezo-floating-gate sensor is ideal for self-powered sensing and computation of infrasonic signals. Our experimental results demonstrate that the sensor fabricated in a 0.5- μm CMOS technology can compute and record level crossing statistics of an input infrasonic event with total current less than 10nA.",
keywords = "Floating-gate, Level crossing, Self-powered sensor, Structural health monitoring, Ultra-low-power",
author = "Chenling Huang and Nizar Lajnef and Shantanu Chakrabartty",
year = "2010",
doi = "10.1117/12.847328",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780819480620",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
booktitle = "Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2010",
note = "Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2010 ; Conference date: 08-03-2010 Through 11-03-2010",
}