Rectifier Antenna Design for Wireless Sensor Networks

Author

Tudose, D.S. ; Voinescu, Andrei

Author_Institution

Fac. of Comput. Sci. & Comput. Eng., Polytech. Univ. of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

fYear

2013

fDate

29-31 May 2013

Firstpage

184

Lastpage

188

Abstract

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) is a technology which is increasingly implemented in a multitude of data acquisition, data processing, and control applications. A rectifier antenna, or rectenna is a device used to convert radio frequency energy into electrical energy through the use of a rectifier circuit attached directly to a regular antenna. For most purposes, rectennas are used for microwave energy transmission, due to their high efficiency in converting microwaves into electrical energy. In this paper, we study the efficiency of rectifier antennas in harvesting energy and their applicability for powering Wireless Sensor Nodes.

Keywords

UHF antennas; data acquisition; energy harvesting; microstrip antennas; rectennas; wireless sensor networks; WSN; control applications; data acquisition; data processing; electrical energy conversion; energy harvesting; microwave energy transmission; radio frequency energy conversion; rectenna; rectifier antenna design; rectifier circuit; wireless sensor networks; wireless sensor nodes; Arrays; Patch antennas; Rectennas; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; Energy Harvesting; Rectifier Antenna; Wireless Sensor Networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Control Systems and Computer Science (CSCS), 2013 19th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Bucharest

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-6140-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CSCS.2013.42

Filename

6569263