Novel low-cost ultra-high-speed diodes for electromagnetic energy harvesting

This work presents the fabrication of novel high-frequency low-cost metal-insulator-metal (MIM) diodes with the dielectric (insulating) layer formed using a chemical approach at low temperature, rather than using the more aggressive techniques typical of the semiconductor industry. This device is a useful component in a wide range of applications, including radio frequency identification (RFID), high frequency detectors and mixers, and electromagnetic energy harvesting as in (Y. Pan, C. V. Powell, A. M. Song, and C. Balocco, “Micro Rectennas: Brownian Ratchets for Thermal-Energy Harvesting”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 253901, 2014).