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ICAT Research Activities

 

Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting

 

One "Cymbal" transducer is capable to harvest electric energy more than 100 mW under dynamic noise vibrations (100 Hz of 7.8 N) such as automobile engine's.

 


 

ultrasonic motor

Figure 7: Cymbal Transducer.

 

energy harvest

Figure 8: The Harvested Energy