Design and optimization of an antenna with Thermo-Electric Generator (TEG) for autonomous wireless nodes

Author

Virili, M. ; Georgiadis, Anthimos ; Niotaki, Kyriaki ; Collado, Ana ; Alimenti, F. ; Mezzanotte, P. ; Roselli, Luca ; Borges Carvalho, Nuno

Author_Institution

Dept. of Eng., Univ. of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

fYear

2014

fDate

8-9 Sept. 2014

Firstpage

21

Lastpage

25

Abstract

This paper describes the design and the optimization of a quarter-wave patch antenna with a Thermo-Electric Generator (TEG). The antenna operates in the Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) frequency band 2.4-2.5 GHz. The TEG, mounted on the top of the antenna, is used to perform thermal Energy Harvesting (EH) in order to supply wireless nodes. This antenna topology is chosen in order to provide a good thermal transfer between the TEG and the ground plane of the antenna. The antenna design consists of the optimization of its radiation properties in presence of the TEG electromagnetic model. Finally, a prototype of the antenna was fabricated and the TEG was mounted on its top. The measurements show a reflection coefficient lower -10 dB in the overall frequency band and a gain of 2.3 dB at 2.45 GHz.

Keywords

UHF antennas; energy harvesting; microstrip antennas; radiofrequency identification; thermoelectric conversion; wireless sensor networks; ISM; Industrial, Scientific and Medical frequency band; antenna design; antenna topology; autonomous wireless nodes; frequency 2.4 GHz to 2.5 GHz; gain 2.3 dB; ground plane; quarter-wave patch antenna; thermal energy harvesting; thermal transfer; thermo-electric generator; Antenna measurements; Microwave antennas; Radiofrequency identification; Reflection coefficient; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; Design optimization; Energy harvesting; Patch antennas; TEG; Wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

RFID Technology and Applications Conference (RFID-TA), 2014 IEEE

Conference_Location

Tampere

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RFID-TA.2014.6934194

Filename

6934194