Summary
the 2014 International Symposium on Nonlinear Theory and its Applications
2014
Session Number:A1L-A
Session:
Number:A1L-A2
Highly Nonlinear Electrostatic MEMS Frequency Up-Converter for Energy Efficient Harvesting
Samer Houri, Denis Aubry, Philippe Gaucher, Elie Lefeuvre,
pp.5-7
Publication Date:2014/9/14
Online ISSN:2188-5079
Summary:
The design of a MEMS frequency upconverter is described in this paper, the MEMS device relies on the highly nonlinear phenomena of electrostatic pull-in and hysteresis in order to multiply the input frequency by a significant factor, possibly up to several orders of magnitudes. An analytical solution of the performance of the device is obtained using a spring-mass model, and the optimal values of physical parameters are also derived analytically. This frequency up-converter is designed in view of a specific application which is to provide efficient energy harvesting for cardiac medical implants.