Publications by Pattanaphong Janphuang

A low-cost UWB sensor node powered by a piezoelectric harvester or solar cells

Nico de Rooij, Danick Briand, Anja Skrivervik, Pierre-André Farine, Franz-Josef Haug, Cyril Botteron, Pattanaphong Janphuang, Robert Andrew Lockhart, Christian Robert, Gabriele Tasselli

We propose an autonomous battery-less wireless sensor node that combines on a single printed circuit board an ultra-wideband (UWB) transmitter and its printed antenna, together with a piezoelectric cantilever and a solar cell array to harvest vibrations an ...

Elsevier2016

Bulk piezoelectric MEMS harvesters operating at low frequency for energy autonomous systems

Pattanaphong Janphuang

EPFL2014

A Wearable System Of Micromachined Piezoelectric Cantilevers Coupled To A Rotational Oscillating Mass For On-Body Energy Harvesting

Nico de Rooij, Danick Briand, Pattanaphong Janphuang, Robert Andrew Lockhart

In this paper, we present a compact, wearable piezoelectric on-body harvesting system that uses a small eccentric mass from a common watch movement to mechanically deflect a set of micromachined piezoelectric cantilevers when excited by the low frequency m ...

IEEE2014

On The Optimization And Performances Of A Compact Piezoelectric Impact Mems Energy Harvester

Nico de Rooij, Danick Briand, Pattanaphong Janphuang, Robert Andrew Lockhart

This paper presents the development of a compact energy harvesting configuration to convert low frequency, mechanical oscillations into usable electrical energy using AFM-like MEMS piezoelectric cantilevers coupled to a rotating gear. In this approach, one ...

IEEE2014

Flexible and Robust Multilayer Micro-Vibrational Harvesters for High Acceleration Environments

Nico de Rooij, Danick Briand, Pattanaphong Janphuang, Andres Felipe Vasquez Quintero, Robert Andrew Lockhart

This paper presents the fabrication and characterization of multilayer PVDF resonant micro-vibrational energy harvesters designed to withstand environments in which high levels of acceleration are present. The multilayer cantilevers are fabricated by combi ...

Iop Publishing Ltd2013

Multiphysics finite element model of a frequency-amplifying piezoelectric energy harvester with impact coupling for low-frequency vibrations

Nico de Rooij, Danick Briand, Pattanaphong Janphuang, Andres Felipe Vasquez Quintero, Robert Andrew Lockhart

This paper presents experimentally-verified multiphysics finite element model of a wideband vibration energy harvester with impact coupling, which operates on the principle of frequency up-conversion: under low-frequency harmonic base excitation a cantilev ...

Iop Publishing Ltd2013

On the experimental determination of the efficiency of piezoelectric impact-type energy harvesters using a rotational flywheel

Nico de Rooij, Danick Briand, Simon Nessim Henein, Pattanaphong Janphuang, Robert Andrew Lockhart

This paper demonstrates a novel methodology using a rotational flywheel to determine the energy conversion efficiency of the impact based piezoelectric energy harvesters. The influence of the impact speed and additional proof mass on the efficiency is pres ...

Iop Publishing Ltd2013

Energy scavenging from a rotating gear using an impact type piezoelectric mems scavenger

Nico de Rooij, Danick Briand, Pattanaphong Janphuang, Don Isarakorn

A device for energy harvesting from an impact by using a piezoelectric MEMS harvester comprising at least a gear (1) driven by an inertial mass system and a piezoelectric transducer (2) located over the gear in order to keep the system as compact as possib ...

2012