Piezo-MEMS Vibration Energy Harvesting Products Overview...electronics (using Linear Technology’s LTC-3588 Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting converter) including flashing LED circuitry,

BOLT™ INDUSTRIAL Piezo-MEMS Vibration Energy Harvesting

Products Overview

Energy harvesting applications

Industrial and building - process automation - equipment monitoring - lighting control

Civil infrastructure monitoring - bridge structural integrity

Automotive, aerospace and rail - tire pressure sensors

Agriculture - livestock management

Medical - cardiac pacemaker

Mobile electronics - health monitoring and gaming

Homeland security and defense - asset tracking

MicroGen Systems, Inc. 150 Lucius Gordon Drive, Suite 110

Rochester, NY 14586 www.microgensystems.com

Sales/technical: +1 (585) 214-2426

[email protected]

FEATURES

Piezo-MEMS vibration energy harvester or MPG patented technology (patents issued and pending) o Green renewable energy product o Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment (WEEE) compliant; CMOS compatible o European Union's (EU) Restrictions on Hazardous Substances (RoHS) compliant

MPG and Power Cell operational frequencies targeted for fixed-frequency industrial, building and commercial applications o Single vibrational axis with 50 Hz (EU/Asia) and 60 Hz (US/Canada) harmonics ranging from 100 to 1500 Hz o Voltage and power depend upon configuration (see tables and data-sheets).

Micro-Power Product Line for Industrial & Building Wireless Sensor Applications MicroGen Systems' BOLT family of products includes both micro-power generators (MPG) and micro-power energy harvesting conversion modules or Power Cells.

MPGs are fabricated using proprietary piezoelectric MicroElectroMechanical Systems (piezo-MEMS) platform technology. MicroGen's MPG devices convert mechanical vibration to electrical energy.

MicroGen's Power Cells are drop-in conventional battery replacement power sources. Power Cells contain MPGs, electronics for rectification, impedance matching and voltage regulation, and a small capacitor for energy storage.

For increased energy storage, plug-in energy storage modules are available. These include either an ultra-capacitor or rechargeable battery, and a battery management chip.

Let MicroGen provide the energy harvesting ‘building blocks’ for powering your autonomous electronics, wireless sensor, and rechargeable battery application.

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BOLT™ Energy Harvesting Products Industrial, Building & Commercial applications

© 2013 MicroGen Systems, Inc. All world rights reserved. June 2013 “BOLT”, "Energizing the Wireless World", "Generations of Power” are being registered as U.S. Trademarks. BOLT™ INDUSTRIAL Data Sheet, V1.0 This information is generally descriptive only and is not intended to make or imply any representation, guarantee or warranty with respect to any cells,

batteries or ultra-capacitors. Designs and specifications are subject to modification without notice. Contact MicroGen for the latest information. Page 1 of 3

Micro-power generators

In Figure 1(a) a Piezoelectric MicroElectroMechanical Systems (piezo-MEMS) vibration energy

harvester or micro-power generator (MPG) is shown without packaging. The green-silver trapezoidal area

is a 25-100 m thick cantilever with several thin-film layers, including at least one piezoelectirc layer.

This cantilever region acts like a spring with spring-constant kc. Attached to the cantilver is a relatively

large silicon end-mass M (grey rectangle). This is a fixed-frequency device, where the resonant frequency

R=(1/2)(kc/M)1/2

. In Figure 1(b) a graph of alternating current (AC) peak loaded power versus external

vibration frequency for a BOLT-R0600 is displayed. This is an MPG with Pload = Pmax = ~900 Watts AC

at R = 600 Hz.

See video showing how this device works at video.

Table 1 shows MPGs that will be avaliable as pre-production engineering samples for evaluation in

Table 1: MPGs (single chip) Description Data-sheet

100 Hz open-circuit voltage (OCV) and loaded power (Pload) up to 14

Volts and 100 Watts AC, respectively

BOLT-R0100

120 Hz

OCV and Pload up to 14 Volts and 90 Watts AC

BOLT-R0120

600 Hz OCV and Pload up to 17 or 34 Volts (series or parallel

configurable) and 900 Watts AC

BOLT-R0600

50/60 Hz industrial harmonics between 100-1500 Hz – OCV and Pload dependent upon frequency

To be announced.

custom / any specified frequency between 100 to 1500 Hz – OCV and Pload dependent upon frequency

any

October 2013. These devices are very sensitive to low acceleration G-levels. Maximum power is

achieved at G < 0.1-0.5 g (g = 9.8 m/s2) (see demo).

More MPGs designed for US and EU industrial and building environments will be announced as each

becomes available.

Figure 1(a) (b)

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Power Cells

In Figure 2(a) a 3.3 Volt DC BOLT™ PowerCell showing an internal MPG, AC-DC conversion

electronics (using Linear Technology’s LTC-3588 Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting converter) including

flashing LED circuitry, LED, 300 Farad capacitive energy storage, and voltage regulation. Operational

frequencies range from 100 to 1500 Hz depending upon MPG design. Output power ranges from 25 to

500 Watts DC depending upon frequency and configuation. In Figure 2(b) a Power Cell is shown with a

Texas Instruments eZ430 wireless sensor mote (see demonstration video of a PowerCell powering the TI

mote demo). In Figure 2(c) a Power Cell is shown connected to a Linear Technology/Dust Networks’

DC9003A-B SmartMesh™ wireless mote (see demonstartion video of a BOLT PowerCell enabling a

Linear/Dust mote in a network of five (5) nodes: Linear/Dust mote demo).

Table 2 shows Power Cells that will be avaliable as pre-production engineering samples for evaluation in

Table 2: PowerCells – 3.3 Volts DC typical configuration (2.5-3.6 Volts DC)

Description Data-sheet 100 Hz

– Power levels: 25, 70 and 100 Watt units

BOLT-M0100X (X = power-level)

120 Hz


BOLT-M0120X

600 Hz


BOLT-M0600X

50/60 Hz industrial harmonics between 100-1500 Hz – Power: dependent upon frequency and configuration

To be announced.

custom / any specified frequency between 100 to 1500 Hz – Power: dependent upon frequency and configuration

any

October 2013. These devices are very sensitive to low acceleration G-levels. Maximum power is

achieved at G < 0.1-0.5 g (g = 9.8 m/s2) (see demo).

More Power Cells designed for US and EU industrial and building environments will be announced as

each becomes available.

Figure 2(a)

(b)

(c)

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Energy Cells

Figure 3. (a) Energy storage module ESM-C with 22,000 Farad ultra-capacitor (larger coin-cell is

for size comparison only); (b) ESM-X module plugged into BOLT Power Cell.

A Power Cell has 300 Farads of on-board capacitive energy storage. If needed, as shown in Figure 3b

an energy storage module (ESM) can be plugged into a Power Cell for additional energy storage. Table 3

shows there are two energy storage types available, (1) ultra-capacitors, and (2) rechargeable

Table 3: Energy Cells or Storage Modules

Description Data-sheet Rechargeable solid state battery – 50 A-hr Cymbet Enerchip™ ESM-BX (option B1)

Rechargeable Li-ion battery – 7.0 mA-hr coin cell ESM-BX (option B2)

Rechargeable ultra-capacitor – 22,000 Farads ESM-C

batteries. In addition, there are two battery types available, (1) 50 A-hr Cymbet EnerChip™ thin-film

battery (www.cymbet.com), and (2) 7.0 mA-hr Panasonic VL1220 vanadium pentaoxide lithium coin

battery. These will be made available in Oct 2013 as pre-production engineering samples for evaluation.

Generations of Power™

(a) (b)

Early adopters program – evaluation kits available Q3/Q4 2013

In October 2013, the aforementioned items will be made available in pre-production

evaluation kits to select customers. EH evaluation kits will at minimum include:

an accelerometer sensor unit and software to evaluate your vibration source;

two (2) BOLT Power Cells at customer requested frequencies (available only);

two (2) ESM-X energy storage modules (customer specified types); and

documnetation on how to use the power cells and connect them to specific wireless sensors.

Please contact MicroGen for Early Adopter criteria. Quotations for evaluation kits and production

volume orders can be obtained as well.

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