Title :
Energy harvesting with a low-cost and high efficiency rectenna for low-power input
Author :
Assimonis, Stylianos D. ; Bletsas, Aggelos
Author_Institution :
ECE Dept., Tech. Univ. of Crete, Chania, Greece
Abstract :
In this paper a low-complexity, low-cost and high efficiency rectenna is analyzed, fabricated and measured, for low input power. Even though the configuration employs a low-cost, lossy substrate and a low-complexity rectifier circuit with a single diode, the rectenna efficiency reaches 20% and 37% at -20 and -10 dBm, respectively. Measurements agree well with simulations.
Keywords :
rectennas; rectifying circuits; energy harvesting; high efficiency rectenna; low-complexity rectenna; low-complexity rectifier circuit; low-cost rectenna; low-power input; single diode; Antenna measurements; Dipole antennas; Energy harvesting; Power measurement; Rectennas; Substrates; Energy harvesting; rectenna; rectifier;
Conference_Titel :
Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS), 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Newport Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-2298-7
DOI :
10.1109/RWS.2014.6830123
