Design of radio frequency energy harvesting system for an unmanned airplane

Author

Zhao, Wei ; Choi, Kwangsik ; Dilli, Zeynep ; Bauman, Scott ; Salter, Thomas ; Peckerar, Martin

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Maryland Coll. Park, College Park, MD, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

7-9 Dec. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Energy harvesting is a promising technique that can be used to drive various sorts of passively powered devices. Viable energy sources include wind, sunlight, thermal energy, radio waves, mechanical vibration and so on. As an energy source existing ubiquitously in our environment, radio frequency (RF) energy harvesting has the potential to be widely applied. In this work, an RF energy harvesting system is described for the purpose of driving an unmanned airplane. Eventually, the airplane will be capable of remote recharge and become a self-powered system.

Keywords

aircraft; energy harvesting; remotely operated vehicles; solar power; vibrations; wind power; RF energy harvesting system; energy sources; mechanical vibration; passively powered devices; radio frequency energy harvesting system; radio waves; self-powered system; sunlight energy; thermal energy; unmanned airplane; wind energy; Airplanes; Batteries; Capacitors; Educational institutions; Energy harvesting; Radio frequency; Rectennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Semiconductor Device Research Symposium (ISDRS), 2011 International

Conference_Location

College Park, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1755-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISDRS.2011.6135319

Filename

6135319