A Comparative Study of Different Types of Piezoelectric Interface
Circuits to Perform Simultaneous Sensing and Energy Harvesting
Abstract
This article presents a comparison of 4 different types of rectifier
circuits for piezoelectric energy harvesting. Energy is harvested from
multiple piezoelectric elements embedded in an in?sole while
simultaneously collecting gait information of the subject wearing it.
The study is based on an asymmetric signal generated while walking and
the harvested energy is utilized to operate a system under a fixed
electrical load. The influence of back-up battery and insole design
optimization on the accuracy of collected information is taken into
consideration. A comprehensive approach for shoe insole application
based on simultaneous piezoelectric sensing and energy harvesting is
presented in this work.