2022-05-24 / Last updated : 2022-05-24 d_yamane Paper

Published a paper on an electronic circuit for MEMS vibration energy harvesters in Sensors and Materials

Title：Bandwidth Broadening of MEMS Vibration Energy Harvesters by Voltage-boost Rectifier CircuitJournal：Sensors and Materials, vol. 34, no.5(3), pp. 1889-1897, May 24, 2022.Authors：Yukiya Tohyama, Hiroaki Honma, Hiroshi Toshiyoshi, and Daisuke Yamane DOI: https://doi.org/10.18494/SAM.2022.3502 We have developed an electronic circuit that can expand the operating frequency bandwidth of MEMS vibration energy harvesters. This is the result of joint research […]
2022-05-24 / Last updated : 2022-05-25 d_yamane Off-campus Activities

“Smart Mechatronics for Energy Harvesting,” a special issue of Sensors and Materials edited by Daisuke Yamane, is now available.

Title: Special Issue on Smart Mechatronics for Energy HarvestingJournal: Sensors and Materials, vol. 34, no.5(3), May 24, 2022.Guest Editor: Daisuke Yamane (Ristumeikan University)Journal URL: https://myukk.org/Preface: preface_34-5-3.pdf (myu-group.co.jp) We invited papers on materials, devices, electronic circuits, systems, and application technologies on smart mechatronics technologies for energy harvesters, and seven regular papers have been accepted after rigorous […]
2022-04-06 / Last updated : 2022-04-06 d_yamane Media

Contributed article on research results of MEMS vibration energy harvester was published in Clean Energy.

Contributed article on the research results of MEMS vibration energy harvester was published in “Clean Energy,” a technical journal of JAPAN INDUSTRIAL PUBLISHING CO., LTD. Authors：山根 大輔、田中 有弥Title：「荷電処理不要の静電型MEMS振動発電素子」Journal：日本工業出版 クリーンエネルギー，2022年4月号，Vol. 31, No. 4, pp.35-40.
2022-03-25 / Last updated : 2022-03-31 d_yamane Conference

Domestic Conference: 5 presentations (including 3 by graduate students) were made at the 69th Spring Meeting of the Japan Society of Applied Physics.

Mr. Sugimoto, Mr. Hori, and Mr. Noda, 4th year students in our lab, gave oral presentations at the 69th Spring Meeting of the Japan Society of Applied Physics, held March 22-26, 2022, in a hybrid on-site and online format.The presentation contents are the results of their graduation researches. Congratulations!In addition, two more presentations were made […]
2022-03-01 / Last updated : 2022-03-02 d_yamane Award

Received a Collaboration Research Award by Konica Minolta Science and Technology Foundation

Lab faculty (Daisuke Yamane) received the following award. Winner: Yosuke Mizuno, Tso-Fu Mark Chang, Daisuke YamaneTitle: “ウィーバブル・エレクトロニクスの創成”Foundation HP: コニカミノルタ科学技術振興財団 (konicaminoltastf.or.jp)News Release: 0131-01-01-ja.pdf (konicaminolta.com)Decision Date: Jan. 31, 2022Award Ceremony: March 1, 2022 (@Zoom) The online award ceremony was held on March 1, 2022. After that, each award-winning institution posted articles on each website.The followings are articles […]
2022-02-10 / Last updated : 2022-02-11 d_yamane Conference

Presented at a domestic conference (12th Workshop on Integrated MEMS Technology Research)

Takahiro Naganawa (Undergrad 4th year student) gave oral and poster presentations on his work at 12th Workshop on Integrated MEMS Technology Research.Date & Time：Feb. 10, 2022Place：Online@ZoomConference：12th Workshop on Integrated MEMS Technology Research（第12回集積化MEMS技術研究ワークショップ）Authors：Takahiro Naganawa, Kosuke Kawashima, Hideyuki Kayaguchi, Hisao Ishii, Yuya Tanaka and Daisuke YamaneTitle：A Study on a Simulation Platform for SAE-MEMS Energy Harvesters
2021-12-23 / Last updated : 2022-04-06 d_yamane Media

Articles about our research results was published in a newspaper “日刊工業新聞” and multiple Internet media

An article about the research results of MEMS vibration energy harvester published in Applied Physics Letters was published in a newspaper “日刊工業新聞”.Source: 日刊工業新聞 pp.25, Dec. 23, 2021.Title: 荷電処理不要に　MEMS環境振動発電素子　小型化・高性能化｜立命館大・千葉大 Articles about the research results of MEMS vibration energy harvester published in Applied Physics Letters have been published in multiple Internet media (in Japanese). 「無線IoT端末の自立電源として期待　エレクトレット型MEMS環境振動発電素子を開発」EE Times Japan　2021年12月23日 […]
2021-12-20 / Last updated : 2022-05-24 d_yamane Media

Published a paper in Applied Physics Letters & Joint press release (Ritsumeikan University, Chiba University, JST)

Title：MEMS post-processed self-assembled electret for vibratory energy harvestersJournal：Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 119, 254102, Dec. 20, 2021.Authors：D. Yamane, H. Kayaguchi, K. Kawashima, H. Ishii, and Y. Tanaka DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0072596   We have developed an electret-type MEMS environmental vibration energy harvester that does not require electret charging processing. This is the result of joint research between Ritsumeikan University […]
2021-12-09 / Last updated : 2022-02-11 d_yamane Conference

Presented at PowerMEMS 2021

Kentaro Tamura (Master 1st year student) gave an oral presentation on his work at PowerMEMS 2021.Date & Time：Dec. 6-8, 2021Place：Online@ZoomConference：IEEE 20th International Conference on Micro and Nanotechnology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications (PowerMEMS2021)Authors：Kentaro Tamura, Keigo Nota, Kazumoto Miwa, Shimpei Ono, and Daisuke YamaneTitle：Demonstration of Non-Contact Type Vibrational Energy Harvester with Electric Double Layer […]
2021-07-06 / Last updated : 2021-12-20 d_yamane Paper

Published a paper in IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Title：Energy Harvesting from Non-Stationary Vibrations Using a Low-Threshold Voltage-Boost Rectifier CircuitJournal：IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, vol.141, no.7, pp.228-232, July 2021.Authors：Y. Tohyama, H. Honma, H. Sekiya, H. Toshiyoshi, and D. Yamane, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1541/ieejsmas.141.228 The paper presents the join research results with the University of Tokyo on an electronic circuit for vibration-type energy harvesters.