Title :
Rectenna design for K band application
Author :
Takacs, A. ; Aubert, H. ; Luca, A. ; Charlot, S. ; Fredon, S. ; Despoisse, L.
Author_Institution :
LAAS, Toulouse, France
Abstract :
An ultra-compact (2.5 cm2) rectenna design based on an innovative topology using a coplanar stripline connected to a crossed dipoles antenna array is reported here. Experimental results in the K-band show that a DC power up to 0.9 mW can be harvested on a 0.3 kΩ load by using the proposed compact rectenna for incident power density of 1413 μW/cm2. The targeted application for this rectenna is to power autonomous wireless sensors for satellite health monitoring.
Keywords :
dipole antenna arrays; microwave antennas; rectennas; strip lines; K band application; autonomous wireless sensors; compact rectenna; coplanar stripline; crossed dipoles antenna array; innovative topology; satellite health monitoring; ultracompact rectenna design; Impedance; Rectennas; Rectifiers; Satellites; Schottky diodes; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; Rectenna; energy harvesting; satellite application;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference (EuMC), 2014 44th European
Conference_Location :
Rome
DOI :
10.1109/EuMC.2014.6986517
