• DocumentCode
    1011055
  • Title

    High efficiency microwave rectenna circuit: modelling and design

  • Author

    Douyere, A. ; Lan Sun Luk, J.D. ; Alicalapa, Frederic

  • Author_Institution
    Fac. of Sci., Univ. of la Reunion, St. Denis
  • Volume
    44
  • Issue
    24
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    1409
  • Lastpage
    1410
  • Abstract
    An equivalent circuit approach used for the modelling of a system consisting of an antenna and an RF/DC rectifying circuit (rectenna) is presented. It is shown that using this approach, no electromagnetic simulation tool is required for the simulation and optimisation of the overall circuit. The realised rectenna operates at 2.45 GHz, and shows very good agreement between the predicted efficiency using the presented model (about 75 ) and the measured one.
  • Keywords
    microwave antennas; microwave circuits; optimisation; rectennas; RF/DC rectifying circuit; equivalent circuit approach; frequency 2.45 GHz; microwave rectenna circuit;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20081794
  • Filename
    4689488