Top-Down Behavioral Modeling Methodology of a Piezoelectric Microgenerator For Integrated Power Harvesting Systems

TL;DR

This paper introduces a top-down modeling methodology for piezoelectric microgenerators, demonstrating the effectiveness of VHDL-AMS in creating accurate behavioral and physical models validated through simulations.

Contribution

It presents a novel top-down modeling approach for microsystems and showcases VHDL-AMS as a versatile language for behavioral, structural, and physical modeling.

Findings

VHDL-AMS effectively models multi-domain microsystems.

The methodology accurately predicts experimental results.

Simulation results validate the proposed models.

Abstract

In this study, we developed a top/down methodology for behavioral and structural modeling of multi-domain microsystems. Then, we validated this methodology through a study case : a piezoelectric microgenerator. We also proved the effectiveness of VHDL-AMS language not only for modeling in behavioral and structural levels but also in writing physical models that can predict the experimental results. Finally, we validated these models by presenting and discussing simulations results.