MICRO POWER ELECTROSTATIC

GENERATOR (MEG)

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OUTLINE:
⚫ Electrostatic Generator.
⚫ What is “Micropower Electrostatic Generator
(MEG)”
⚫ Comparison with conventional electro static
generator
⚫ Basic principle of Operation
⚫ Circuit Diagram.
⚫ Application.
⚫ Advantage and Disadvantages.
⚫ References
 MICROPOWER ELECTROSTATIC
GENERATOR
⚫ It is a micro machined, vibration-driven
generators employing electrostatic
phenomena to convert the kinetic energy
of a mass into electrical energy at
microwatt level.
⚫ They have required mechanical vibrations
to excite a resonant structure.
⚫ Micropower electrostatic generators are
capable of powering electronic circuits.
 BASIC PRINCIPLE:
⚫ The generator considered
here is of a capacitive type.
⚫ The capacitor is formed by
one electrode which is
weighted and free to move
⚫ Second electrode which is
stationary relative to the
chip.
System overview of MEG:
 CIRCUIT DIAGRAM:

SW1- Switch 1.
SW2- Switch 2.
Cv- Variable Capacitor.
Cpar- C parallel.
Cstoc- C storage.
Vin- Voltage.
⚫ To initiate a generation cycle, the capacitor
is pre-charged to a low voltage V1.

⚫ Accelerating the device causes the

weighted electrode to move against the
attractive force between the electrodes,
thereby increasing the potential energy in
the system.
⚫ If the charge q is held constant, the
capacitor voltage increases, and the
increase in potential energy is given by

where V2 is the finishing voltage.

⚫ Substituting the standard relationships
for parallel plate
⚫ The basis of electrostatic energy conversion is
the variable capacitor. The variable capacitance
structure, is driven by mechanical vibrations
and oscillates between a maximum capacitance
(Cmax) and a minimum capacitance (Cmin).

⚫ If the charge on the capacitors constrained, the

voltage will increase as the capacitance
decreases.
⚫ If the voltage across the capacitor is
constrained, charge will move from the
capacitor to a storage device or to the load as
the capacitance decreases.

⚫ In either case, mechanical kinetic energy is

converted to electrical energy. When Cv is at
Cmax, switch 1 (SW1) closes, and charge is
transferred from the input to the variable
capacitor.
⚫ Putting the values according to diagram .
Energy obtained by MEG is given by the :
 Comparison with conventional
Electrostatic generator
Micro power electrostatic Conventional electrostatic
generator generator

❖ PRODUCES LOW POWER ❖PRODUCES HIGH POWER (W

(µW) or kW)

❖VERY SMALL IN SIZE ❖ SIZE IS BULKY

 APPLICATIONS:

⚫ As small source of voltage

⚫ Low power VLSI design
⚫ CMOS fabrication
⚫ In pacemakers in medical field
⚫ In power electronics
 Research Topics:
⚫ Self powered signal processing.
⚫ Use of piezoelectric force instead of vibration.
⚫ Development of an electrostatic generator that
uses the motion of a living body.
REFERENCE:
⚫ Internet
www.wikipedia.com
www.google.com
⚫ C. B. Williams and R. B. Yates “Analysis
of a micro-electric generator for
microsystems”
⚫ S. Meninger, J.O. Mur-Miranda,
R.Amirtharajah, A.P. Chandrakasan, J.H.
Lang, Vibration-to-electric energy
conversion, IEEE Trans.
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