Dual-band monopole antenna for energy harvesting system

Author

Zakaria, Z. ; Zainuddin, N.A. ; Abd Aziz, M.Z.A. ; Husain, M.N. ; Mutalib, M.A.

Author_Institution

Centre of Telecommun. Res. & Innovation (CeTRI), Univ. Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), Durian Tunggal, Malaysia

fYear

2013

fDate

22-25 Sept. 2013

Firstpage

225

Lastpage

229

Abstract

A planar dual-band monopole antenna is presented for Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) band applications, which also have the potential to be used for energy harvesting system. The proposed antenna comprises of a ground plane at the back of the FR4 substrate and three microstrip lines which are physically connected with each other at the top surface of the substrate. The monopole antenna achieves good return loss at resonance frequencies of 915 MHz and 1800 MHz with a bandwidth value of 124.2 MHz and 196.9 MHz respectively. The antenna gains of 1.97 dB and 3.05 dB are achieved at resonance frequencies of 900 MHz and 1800 MHz. Experimental results show good agreement with simulated performance. The output from the receiving antenna is also observed in order to analyze the relationship of the power level and the distance between transmitting and receiving antenna. This study is an early investigation in designing the RF energy harvesting system to support green technology and sustainable development particularly for Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) applications.

Keywords

cellular radio; energy harvesting; microstrip lines; monopole antennas; multifrequency antennas; receiving antennas; sustainable development; transmitting antennas; wireless sensor networks; GSM band applications; Global System for Mobile Communications; RF energy harvesting system; bandwidth 124.2 MHz; bandwidth 196.9 MHz; frequency 1800 MHz; frequency 900 MHz; frequency 915 MHz; gain 1.97 dB; gain 3.05 dB; green technology; ground plane; microstrip lines; planar dual band monopole antenna; receiving antenna; sustainable development; transmitting antenna; wireless sensor network applications; Antenna measurements; Dual band; Loss measurement; Microstrip antennas; Receiving antennas; Transmitting antennas; Dual-band; GSM band; gain; monopole; return loss;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Technology and Applications (ISWTA), 2013 IEEE Symposium on

Conference_Location

Kuching

ISSN

2324-7843

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0155-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISWTA.2013.6688775

Filename

6688775