Planar rectennas for 2.45 GHz wireless power transfer

Author

Heikkinen, Jouko ; Salonen, Pekka ; Kivikoski, Markku

Author_Institution

Electron. Lab., Tampere Univ. of Technol., Finland

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

63

Lastpage

66

Abstract

Three planar rectennas (rectifying antennas) on different PCB materials have been designed. Patch antennas were designed with a MoM (method of moments)-based simulator while in RF-to-DC conversion circuits microstrip and discrete rectifier diode models were utilized in circuit simulations. The goal was to achieve maximum antenna and conversion efficiency at the desired reception power level. 80% antenna efficiency and 70% conversion efficiency was achieved in simulations. The terms for achieving a sufficient reception power level were considered and compared to the performance of the designed antennas. The accuracy requirements for the realization of these rectenna structures were also defined with the aid of both simulation and measurement results

Keywords

method of moments; microstrip antennas; microwave power transmission; rectifying circuits; 2.45 GHz; 70 percent; 80 percent; MoM-based simulator; PCB materials; RF-to-DC conversion circuits; circuit simulations; discrete rectifier diode models; maximum antenna efficiency; maximum conversion efficiency; method of moments; patch antennas; planar rectennas; reception power level; rectifying antennas; Antenna measurements; Circuit simulation; Microstrip antennas; Microwave devices; Patch antennas; Printed circuits; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency identification; Rectennas; Rectifiers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radio and Wireless Conference, 2000. RAWCON 2000. 2000 IEEE

Conference_Location

Denver, CO

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6267-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RAWCON.2000.881856

Filename

881856