Elena Blokhina Publications

P. Basset, E. Blokhina and D. Galayko (in alphabetic order) “(opens in a new window)Electrostatic Kinetic Energy Harvesting”, ISTE-Wiley, 2016.

E. Blokhina, A. El Aroudi, A. Alarcon and D Galayko (eds.) “Nonlinear Micro-Scale Energy Harvesters”, Springer, 2016.

Book chapters:

E. Blokhina, A. El Aroudi, E. Alarcon and D. Galayko, “Introduction to vibration energy harvesting”, in E. Blokhina, A. El Aroudi, A. Alarcon and D. Galayko (eds.), “Nonlinear Micro-scale Energy Harvesters”, Springer, 2016.

E. Blokhina and D. Galayko “Oscillators for energy harvesting”, in E. Blokhina, A. El Aroudi, A. Alarcon and D. Galayko (eds.), “Nonlinear Micro-scale Energy Harvesters”, Springer, 2016.

E. Blokhina, A. El Aroudi and D. Galayko “Transducers for energy harvesting”, in E. Blokhina, A. El Aroudi, A. Alarcon and D. Galayko (eds.), “Nonlinear Micro-scale Energy Harvesters”, Springer, 2016.

P. Harte, D. Galayko, O. Feely and E. Blokhina “Analysis and modelling of nonlinearities in vibration energy harvesters”, in E. Blokhina, A. El Aroudi, A. Alarcon and D. Galayko (eds.), “Nonlinear Micro-scale Energy Harvesters”, Springer, 2016.

E. Blokhina, P. Giounanlis, M. Dominguez, S. Gorreta, J. Pons-Nin and O. Feely “Discrete-time modeling of sigma-delta inspired systems for MEMS”, (opens in a new window)Springer Proceedings on Mathematics and Statistics: Nonlinear Maps and Their Applications, Vol. 112, Pp. 37-67, 2015.

E. Koskin, D. Galayko, O. Feely and E. Blokhina, “Generation of a Clocking Signal in Synchronised All-Digital PLL Networks”, IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems II, 2018, in press, (opens in a new window)available online.

E. Koskin, D. Galayko and E. Blokhina, “A Concept of Synchronous ADPLL Network in Application to Small-Scale MIMO Antenna Arrays”, IEEE Access, Tunable Devices for Modern Communications: Materials, Integration, Modeling, and Applications, 2018, in press, (opens in a new window)available online.

E. O’Riordan, R. Frizzell, D. O’Connell and E. Blokhina, “Characterisation of Anti-Resonance in Two-Degree of Freedom Electromagnetic Kinetic Energy Harvester, with modified Electromagnetic Model”, Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures (SAGE), 2018, in press, (opens in a new window)available online.

M. Domínguez-Pumar, S. Gorreta, T. Atienza, E. Blokhina and J. Pons-Nin, “Sliding mode control of heterogeneous systems”, Trends in Mathematics (Springer), Vol. 8, pp. 49-53, 2017.

P. Giounanlis, S.  Gorreta, M. Dominguez-Pumar, J. Pons-Nin, O.  Feely and E.  Blokhina, “Sigma-delta effects and charge locking in capacitive MEMS under dielectric charge control”, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II, Vol. 64, Pp. 206 – 210, 2016.

M. Dominguez-Pumar, C. Bheesayagari, S. Gorreta, G. Lopez, I. Martin, E. Blokhina, J. Pons-Nin, “Charge trapping control in MOS capacitors”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol. 64, Pp. 3023 – 3029, 2016.

E. O’Riordan, D. Galayko, P. Basset and E. Blokhina, “Complete electromechanical analysis of electrostatic kinetic energy harvesters biased with a continuous conditioning circuit”, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical (Elsevier), Vol. 247, Pp. 379 – 388, 2016.

Y. Lu, E. O’Riordan, F. Cottone, S. Boisseau, D. Galayko, E. Blokhina, F. Marty, and P. Basset “A batch-fabricated electret-biased wideband MEMS vibration energy harvester with frequency-up conversion behavior powering a UHF wireless sensor node”, Journal of Micromechanics and Mircoengineering (IoP), V. 26, 124004 (12pp), 2016.

E. Blokhina, N. Deltimple, M. Trocan, Y. Deval, R. Reis and H. Barthelemy “Introduction to the special issue on ICECS 2014”, Journal of Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing (Springer), Vol. 87, P. 101, 2016.

E. O’Riordan, A. Dudka, D. Galayko, A. Karami, O. Feely and P. Basset and E. Blokhina, “Capacitive energy conversion with circuits implementing a rectangular charge-voltage cycle part 2: electromechanical and nonlinear analysis”, IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems I, Vol. 62, Pp. 2664 – 2673, 2015.

D. Galayko, A. Dudka, A. Karami, E. O’Riordan, E. Blokhina, O. Feely and P. Basset, “Capacitive energy conversion with circuits implementing a rectangular charge-voltage cycle part 1: analysis of the electrical domain”, IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems I, Vol. 62, Pp. 2652 – 2663,2015.

S. Gorreta, J. Pons-Nin, E. Blokhina, M. Dominguez, “A second order delta-sigma control of dielectric charge for contactless capacitive MEMS”, IEEE/ASME Journal of MEMS, Vol. 24, Pp. 265-261, 2015.

M. Dominguez-Pumar, S. Gorreta, J. Pons-Nin, E. Blokhina, P. Giounanlis and O. Feely, “Real-time characterization of dielectric charging in contactless capacitive MEMS”, Journal of Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing (Springer), Nov. 2014.

E. Blokhina, D. Fournier-Prunaret, D. Galayko and O. Feely, “Sliding in a piecewise-smooth dynamical system with a hold-on effect”, Physics Letters A (Elsevier), Vol. 378, pp. 3085-3092, 2014.

P. Basset, D. Galayko, F. Cottone, R. Guillemet, E. Blokhina, F. Marty and T. Bourouina, “Electrostatic vibration energy harvester with combined effect of electrical nonlinearities and mechanical Impact”, Journal of Micromechanics and Mircoengineering (IoP), Vol. 24, 035001 (14pp), 2014.

P. Harte, E. Blokhina, O. Feely, D. Fournier-Prunaret and D. Galayko, “Electrostatic vibration energy harvesters with linear and nonlinear resonators”, International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos (World Scientific), Vol. 24, No. 8, 2014 Pp.1430030 (38pp).

S. Gorreta, J. Pons-Nin, E. Blokhina, O. Feely, M. Domínguez-Pumar, “Delta-sigma control of dielectric charge for contactless capacitive MEMS”, IEEE/ASME Journal of MEMS, Vol. 23, pp. 829-841, 2014.

E. Blokhina, D. Galayko, P. Basset and O. Feely, “Steady-state oscillations in resonant electrostatic vibration energy harvesters”, IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems I. Vol. 4, Pp. 875 - 884, 2013.

S. Gorreta, D. Fernandez, E. Blokhina, J. Pons-Nin, V. Jimenez, D. O'Connell, O. Feely, J. Madrenas and M. Dominguez, “Pulsed digital oscillators for electrostatic MEMS”, IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems I. Vol. 59, Pp. 2835-2845, 2012.

E. Blokhina, D. Galayko, P. Harte, P. Basset, and O. Feely, “Limit on converted power in resonant electrostatic vibration energy harvesters”, Applied Physics Letters (AIP). 101, 173904 (4 pp), 2012.

E. Blokhina, D. Lopez, S. Gorreta, D. Molinero, O. Feely, J. Pons-Nin and M. Dominguez-Pumar, “Dielectric charge control in MEMS positioners/varactors”, IEEE/ASME Journal of MEMS, Vol. 21, Pp. 559-573, 2012.

E. Blokhina, J. Pons, J. Ricart, O. Feely, and M. Dominguez-Pumar, “Control of MEMS vibration modes with pulsed digital oscillators: part I - theory”, IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems I, Vol. 57, No. 8, Pp. 1865-1878, 2010.

J. Ricart, J. Pons-Nin, E. Blokhina, S. Gorreta, J. Hernando, T. Manzaneque, J. L. Sanchez-Rojas, O. Feely, and M. Dominguez, “Control of MEMS vibration modes with pulsed digital oscillators - part II: simulation and experimental results”, IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems I, Vol. 57, No. 8, Pp. 1879-1890, 2010.

M. Dominguez-Pumar, E. Blokhina, J. Pons-Nin, J. Ricart, O. Feely and J. Luis Sanchez-Rojas, “Pulsed digital oscillators as a tool for the selective activation of MEMS resonant modes”, Proceedings of SPIE. Vol. 7679, 76792H (11pp), 2010.

E. Blokhina and O. Feely, “A kicked oscillator as a model of a pulsed MEMS system”, International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos (World Scientific), Vol. 19, No 1, Pp. 187-202, 2009.

D. Mishagli, E. Blokhina, T. Brazil and S. Hollands, “Analytical Approach to Statistical Logic Cell Delay Analysis and its Extension to a Timing Graph ”, In Proc. of ACM International Workshop on Timing Issues in the Specification and Synthesis of Digital Systems (TAU 2018), March 15-16, 2018, Monterey, California.

E. Koskin, D.  Galayko, O. Feely and E. Blokhina, “Averaging Techniques for the Analysis of Event Driven Models of All Digital PLLs”, In Proc. of IEEE Int. Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS) 2018, 27-30 May 2018, Florence, Italy.

E. Blokhina, E. O'Riordan, O. Olszewski, R. Houlihan, A. Mathewson,  F. Bizzarri, A. Brambilla, “Reconstructing the Model of a Nonlinear MEMS Structure by the Example of a Piezoelectric Resonant Energy Harvester”,  In Proc. of IEEE Int. Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS) 2018, 27-30 May 2018, Florence, Italy.

E. Koskin, D. Galayko, O. Feely and E. Blokhina “Semi-analytical model for high speed analysis of All-Digital PLL clock-generating networks”, In Proc. of IEEE Int. Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS) 2017, 28 – 31 May 2017, Baltimore, US.

E. Blokhina and D. Galayko “Towards autonomous microscale systems: progress in electrostatic kinetic energy harvesting”, In proc. of IEEE Int. Conf. on Electronics, Circuits and Systems (ICECS) 2016, 11 – 14 December 2016, Monte-Carlo, Monaco.

E. O’Riordan, E. Blokhina and D. Galayko “Electromechanical coupling in electrostatic kinetic energy harvesters”, In proc. of IEEE Int. Conf. on Electronics, Circuits and Systems (ICECS) 2016, 11 – 14 December 2016, Monte-Carlo, Monaco.

E. Koskin, D. Galayko and E. Blokhina “Discrete-time modelling and experimental validation of an all-digital PLL for clock-generating networks, In proc. of IEEE Int. Conf. on Electronics, Circuits and Systems (ICECS) 2016, 11 – 14 December 2016, Monte-Carlo, Monaco.”

E. Koskin, E. Blokhina, C. Shan, E. Zianbetov, O. Feely and D. Galayko “Discrete-time modelling and experimental validation of an All-Digital PLL for clock-generating networks”, In proc. of IEEE International New Conference on Circuits and Systems (NEWCAS) 2016, June 26 – 29, Vancouver, Canada.

S. Judge, E. O’ Riordan, D. Galayko, P. Basset and E. Blokhina “Determining the optimum power of an electrostatic kinetic energy harvester with parasitic capacitances”, in Proc. of IEEE Conference on PhD Research in Microelectronics (PRIME) 2016, June 27 – 30, 2016, Lisbon, Portugal.

D. Andrade-Miceli, P. Giounalis, S. Gorreta, J. Pons-Nin, M. Dominguez-Pumar, and E. Blokhina “Circuit considerations and design for MEMS capacitance measurements” in Proc. of IEEE Conference on PhD Research in Microelectronics (PRIME)  2016, June 27 – 30, 2016, Lisbon, Portugal.

P. Giounanlis, D. Andrade-Miceli, S. Gorreta, J. Pons-Nin, M. Dominguez-Pumar, E. Blokhina“Circuit Modeling of a MEMS Varactor Including Dielectric Charging Dynamics”, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 757, No 1, P. 012012, 2016.

E. Koskin, D. Galayko, O. Feely and E. Blokhina “Mode-locking in a network of kuramoto-like oscillators”, In Proc. of IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN) 2015, July 12-17, 2015 Killarney, Ireland.

P. Giounanlis, P. McGlynn, E. Blokhina, O. Feely and P. Papaioannou “Conductive reliability modelling of capacitive MEMS”, in Proc. of IEEE Conference on PhD Research in Microelectronics (PRIME)  2015, June – July 2, 2015, Glasgow, Scotland.

E. Blokhina, D. O’Connell, D. Andrade-Miceli, S. Gorreta-Marine, J. Pons-Nin, M.  Dominguez-Pumar, O. Feely and D. Galayko “Understanding complexity in multiphysics systems-on-a-chip: modern approaches for design” in. Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS)  2015, 24-27 May 2015, Lisbon, Portugal.

P.  Giounanlis, E. Blokhina, O. Feely, L. Michalas, M. Koutsoureli and G. Papaioannou “Modelling of the dynamical behaviour of floating electrode MEMS” in. Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS)  2015, 24-27 May 2015, Lisbon, Portugal.

P. Harte, E. O’Riordan, E. Blokhina, O. Feely and D. Galayko “Universal nonlinear phenomena in a class of electronic oscillators”, in. Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS)  2015, 24-27 May 2015, Lisbon, Portugal.

F. Bizzarri, E. Blokhina, A. Brambilla and D. Galayko “Reliable AMS simulations of electrostatic vibration energy harvesters: a case study”, in proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering (ISFEE) 2014, 28-29 November 2014, Bucharest, Romania.

B. Fu, E. Blokhina, D. O’Connell, O. Feely and R. Frizzell “A wideband 2-DOF resonator for electromagnetic energy harvesting systems”, in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems (ICECS)  2014, 7-10 December 2014, Marseille, France.

P. Harte, E. Blokhina, D. Galayko and O. Feely “A technique for the analysis of discontinuity induced behaviour in piecewise-smooth electronic oscillators”, in Proc. of International Symposium on Nonlinear Theory and its Applications 2014 (NOLTA), 14-18 September 2014, Luzern, Switzerland.

B. Fu, E. Blokhina, D. O’Connell, O. Feely and R. Frizzell “Piecewise modelled impact resonator for energy harvesting systems”, in Proc. of International Symposium on Nonlinear Theory and its Applications 2014 (NOLTA), 14-18 September 2014, Luzern, Switzerland.

E. Blokhina, E. O’Riordan, O. Feely and D. Galayko “Nonlinearities in electrostatic vibration energy harvesters: a review using the example of a charge pump conditioning circuit”, In Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems 2014 (ISCAS), 1-5 June 2014, Melbourne, Australia, 2014.

D. Galayko, E. Blokhina, E. Zianbetov, A. Dudka, F. Anceau, E. Colinet, A. Korniienko, J. Juillard and P. Basset “Complexity in heterogeneous systems on chips: design and analysis challenges”, In Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems 2014 (ISCAS), 1-5 June 2014, Melbourne, Australia, 2014.

E. O’Riordan, E. Blokhina, O. Feely and D. Galayko “Modelling and analysis of vibration energy harvesters with charge pump conditioning circuits”, In Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems 2014 (ISCAS), 1-5 June 2014, Melbourne, Australia, 2014.

A. Dudka, D. Galayko, E. Blokhina and P. Basset “Smart integrated conditioning electronics for electrostatic vibration energy harvesters” In Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems 2014 (ISCAS), 1-5 June 2014, Melbourne, Australia, 2014.

P. Giounanlis, E. Blokhina, O. Feely, M. Dominguez, J. Pons-Nin and S. Gorreta “Sigma-delta inspired control technique for the improvement of MEMS reliability”, In Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems 2014 (ISCAS),  1-5 June 2014, Melbourne, Australia, 2014.

P. Harte, E. Blokhina, O. Feely and D. Galayko “The nonlinear dynamics of a micro-scale electrostatic vibration energy harvester”, In Proc. of Design, Test, Integration and Packaging of MEMS/MOEMS 2014 (DTIP), 1-4 April 2014, Cannes, France, 2014.

S. Gorreta, J. Pons-Nin, M. Dominguez-Pumar, E. Blokhina and O. Feely “Characterization method of the dynamics of the trapped charge in contactless capacitive MEMS”, In Proc. of Design, Test, Integration and Packaging of MEMS/MOEMS 2014 (DTIP), 1-4 April 2014, Cannes, France, 2014.

J. Pons-Nin, S. Gorreta, M. Dominguez-Pumar, E. Blokhina, D. O’Connell and O. Feely “Design and test of resonators using PiezoMUMPS technology”, In Proc. of Design, Test, Integration and Packaging of MEMS/MOEMS 2014 (DTIP), 1-4 April 2014, Cannes, France, 2014.

A. Dudka, P. Basset, F. Cottone, E. Blokhina and D. Galayko “ Wideband electrostatic vibration energy harvester (E-VEH) having a low start-up voltage employing a high-voltage integrated interface”, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, V. 476, P012076, 2013.

D. Galayko, E. Blokhina, P. Basset, F. Cottone, A. Dudka and O. Feely, “Tools for analytical and numerical analysis of electrostatic vibration energy harvesters: application to a continuous mode conditioning circuit”, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, V. 476, P012127, 2013.

P. Giounanlis, E. Blokhina, O. Feely, M. Dominguez, J. Pons-Nin and S. Gorreta “Modelling of a charge control method for capacitive MEMS”, In proc. of IEEE European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design 2013 (ECCTD 2013), 8-12 September 2013, Dresden, Germany.

D. Galayko and E. Blokhina “Nonlinear effects in electrostatic vibration energy harvesters: current progress and perspectives”, in Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems 2013 (ISCAS 2013), 19-23 May 2013, Beijing, China.

E. Blokhina, D. Fournier-Prunaret, P. Harte, D. Galayko and O. Feely “Combined mechanical and circuit nonlinearities in electrostatic vibration energy harvesters”, in Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems 2013 (ISCAS 2013), 19-23 May 2013, Beijing, China.

E. O'Riordan, P. Harte, E. Blokhina, D. Galayko and O. Feely “Bifurcation scenarios in electrostatic vibration energy harvesters,” in Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Nonlinear Dynamics of Electronic Systems 2012 (NDES 2012), 11-13 July 2012, Wolfenbuttel, Germany. Pp.  34-37.

E. Blokhina, D. Galayko, R. Wade, P. Basset and O. Feely “Bifurcations and Chaos in Electrostatic Vibration Energy Harvesters” IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems 2012 (ISCAS 2012), 20-23 May 2012, Seoul, Korea.

M. Pladys and E. Blokhina  “MEMS with sigma-delta type of feedback loop control as an iterative map”, in Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems 2011 (ISCAS 2011), 15-18 May 2011, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2011, Pp. 977-980.

E. Blokhina, O. Feely, M. Dominguez and J. Ricart “On some properties of the output of a pulsed digital oscillator working with multiple resonances”, In Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems 2010 (ISCAS 2010), 30 May – 2 June, 2010, Paris, France, Pp. 1320-1323.

M. Dominguez-Pumar, E. Blokhina, J. Pons-Nin, J. Ricart, O. Feely and J. L. Sanchez-Rojas “Activation of different MEMS resonant modes with Pulsed Digital Oscillators”, In Proc. of Sensors and Mass Systems, 18-19 May 2010, Nuremberg, Germany, Pp. 316-322.

E. Blokhina, O. Feely and M. Dominguez “Excitation of multiple spatial modes of a MEMS cantilever in the Pulsed Digital Oscillators”, In proc. of IEEE European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design 2009 (ECCTD 2009), 23 - 27 August, 2009, Antalya, Turkey, Pp. 331-334.

E. Blokhina, O. Feely and M. Dominguez “Dynamics of the MEMS pulsed digital oscillator with multiple delays in the feedback loop”, In Proc. of the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems 2009 (ISCAS 2009), May 24 -27, 2009, Taipei, Taiwan, Pp. 1903-1906.

D. Galayko and E. Blokhina “Kinetic energy harvesting at microscale: current progress and perspectives”, ICT Energy Letters, No 12 (August), Pp. 25 – 27, 2016.