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Nonlinear Conditioning Circuits for Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters

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Design and analysis of piezoelectric vibration energy harvesters is a complex multi-physics problem related to mechanics, materials science, and electronics.

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    Adrien Badel

  2. IEF, Université Paris Sud, 91405, Orsay Cedex, France

    Elie Lefeuvre

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Badel, A., Lefeuvre, E. (2016). Nonlinear Conditioning Circuits for Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters. In: Blokhina, E., El Aroudi, A., Alarcon, E., Galayko, D. (eds) Nonlinearity in Energy Harvesting Systems. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20355-3_10

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