Design of RF energy harvesting system for wireless sensor node using circularly polarized monopole antenna: RF energy harvesting system for WSN node using circularly polarized antenna

Author

Ghosh, Saswati ; Ghosh, Soumya K. ; Chakrabarty, Ajay

Author_Institution

Kalparia Chawla Space Technol. Cell, Indian Inst. of Technol., Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India

fYear

2014

fDate

15-17 Dec. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper presents the design of an efficient energy harvesting system for energizing wireless sensor nodes using the electromagnetic radiation from cell towers in the CDMA and GSM bands. A new multiband microstrip monopole antenna with circular polarization and impedance 377ohms is designed to grab the ambient RF energy efficiently. The antenna structure is simulated using electromagnetic software Computer Simulation Technology. A seven stage voltage doubler is used as RF to DC conversion module. The voltage doubler is simulated using SPICE. The results show that the rectifying antenna system generates the desired voltage to energize the wireless sensor nodes.

Keywords

electromagnetic waves; energy harvesting; microstrip antennas; monopole antennas; multifrequency antennas; polarisation; wireless sensor networks; CDMA bands; GSM bands; RF energy harvesting system design; RF to DC conversion module; SPICE; WSN node; ambient energy; antenna structure; cell towers; circularly polarized monopole antenna; electromagnetic radiation; electromagnetic software computer simulation technology; multiband microstrip antenna; rectifying antenna system; voltage doubler; wireless sensor node; Energy harvesting; Impedance; Microstrip; Microstrip antennas; Radio frequency; Wireless sensor networks; RF energy harvesting; rectifying antenna; wireless sensor network;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS), 2014 9th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Gwalior

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-6499-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIINFS.2014.7036513

Filename

7036513