Miniature IFA without empty space for Wi-Fi energy scavenging

Author

Yi Ding ; Arslan, Tughrul

Author_Institution

Embedded Wireless Syst. Group, Univ. of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

fYear

2014

fDate

10-11 Nov. 2014

Firstpage

592

Lastpage

595

Abstract

A novel design of miniature inverted-F antenna (IFA) with no empty space is proposed for indoor energy scavenging of Wi-Fi signals. The antenna configuration was designed based on planar inverted-F antenna (PIFA) with meandered line structure for antenna size miniaturization. The proposed antenna has dimensions of only 8 (L)× 3 (W) × 4 (H) mm to be integrated into low power miniaturized devices. Moreover, without additional empty space, circuit routing on a multilayer PCB is allowed underneath and around the antenna with no restrictions. The proposed antenna is suitable for indoor Wi-Fi energy scavenging due to its miniature and compact structure with appreciable antenna gain and radiation efficiency.

Keywords

energy harvesting; planar inverted-F antennas; printed circuits; telecommunication power management; wireless LAN; PIFA; Wi-Fi signals; antenna configuration; antenna gain; antenna radiation efficiency; antenna size miniaturization; circuit routing; indoor Wi-Fi energy scavenging; low power miniaturized devices; meandered line structure; miniature IFA; miniature inverted-F antenna; multilayer PCB; planar inverted-F antenna; Energy harvesting; IEEE 802.11 Standards; Radio frequency; Receiving antennas; Resonant frequency; IFA; Miniature; Wi-Fi; energy scavenging;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Conference (LAPC), 2014 Loughborough

Conference_Location

Loughborough

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LAPC.2014.6996461

Filename

6996461