Title :
A multi-tone RF energy harvester in body sensor area network context
Author :
Kuhn, Volker ; Seguin, Fabrice ; Lahuec, Cyril ; Person, C.
Author_Institution :
Lab.-STICC, Telecom Bretagne, Brest, France
Abstract :
A wide-band 900 MHz to 2.45 GHz rectenna has been developed for Radio Frequency (RF) energy harvesting in the context of outdoors Wireless Sensor Nodes (WSN). Based on simulations of different rectifying circuits, the most appropriate one for low incident power levels has been manufactured and tested with a wide-band antenna. The theoretical analysis, confirmed by measurements, shows that the proposed method yields a 20% increase in average in the DC output voltage compared to a single frequency system.
Keywords :
body sensor networks; broadband antennas; energy harvesting; rectennas; telecommunication power supplies; body sensor area network; frequency 900 MHz to 2.45 GHz; multitone RF energy harvester; radio frequency energy harvesting; rectenna; rectifying circuits; wide-band antenna; Antenna measurements; Radio frequency; Rectennas; Rectifiers; Voltage measurement; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; energy harvesting; rectenna; rectifier; wide band;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Conference (LAPC), 2013 Loughborough
Conference_Location :
Loughborough
DOI :
10.1109/LAPC.2013.6711891
