Title :
A double-sided rectenna design for RF energy harvesting
Author :
Zhang, J. ; Wu, Z.P. ; Liu, C.G. ; Zhang, B.H. ; Zhang, B.
Author_Institution :
RF & Microwave Res. Center, Wuhan Univ. of Technol., Wuhan, China
fDate :
March 30 2015-April 1 2015
Abstract :
This paper presents a novel wideband high gain rectenna (rectifying antenna) for RF energy harvesting. The proposed device consists of a double-sided antenna, a low-pass filter and a doubling rectifying circuit using Shottcky diodes as rectifying elements. It works over the frequency range from 1.9 to 3.2 GHz. The simulated results demonstrate that the maximum rectenna conversion efficiency is nearly 70% around 2.4 GHz with the incident power density of 50 μW/cm2. The overall rectenna conversion efficiency within the operational bandwidth is greater than 50%.
Keywords :
diodes; energy harvesting; radio networks; rectennas; RF energy harvesting; Shottcky diodes; double sided rectenna design; doubling rectifying circuit; frequency 1.9 GHz to 3.2 GHz; frequency 2.4 GHz; incident power density; low-pass filter; novel wideband high gain rectenna; operational bandwidth; Density measurement; Dipole antennas; Microwave filters; Power system measurements; Radio frequency; Rectennas; Wideband; Rectenna; dipoles; rectenna conversion efficiency; the antenna with a low-pass filter (ALPF); wireless energy harvesting;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless Symposium (IWS), 2015 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Shenzhen
DOI :
10.1109/IEEE-IWS.2015.7164617
