• DocumentCode
    152056
  • 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
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    19-23 Jan. 2014
  • Firstpage
    229
  • Lastpage
    231
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS), 2014 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Newport Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-2298-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/RWS.2014.6830123
  • Filename
    6830123