A low-frequencypiezoelectricenergyharvesterbasedonimpactvibrationassembledwithacompliant
drivingbeamandtworigidgeneratingbeamsispresented.Theambientlowfrequencyisup-convertedto
high resonantfrequencybytheperiodicimpactbetweenthedrivingbeamandthegeneratingbeams.The
advantagesoftheharvesterare:restrictingthelargedisplacementofthecompliantdrivingbeam,
improvingpowerdensityandbeingespeciallysuitableforacompactMEMSapproach.The1.53mW
averagepowerofthemacroscaleimpactvibrationharvesterisachievedat20.1Hzunder0.4g
acceleration.Thepowerdensityis93.2 mW/cm3, whichis6.8timesthatofconventionalcounterpart
(13.6 mW/cm3). Themeasuredresultsdemonstratethepotentialofthedeviceappliedtoportableand