A triple band circularly polarized rectenna for RF energy harvesting. Issue 7 (3rd October 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Singh, Neeta; Kanaujia, Binod Kumar; Tariq Beg, Mirza; Mainuddin, ; Kumar, Sachin
• Is Part Of: Electromagnetics. Volume 39:Issue 7(2019)
• Page Start: 481
• Page End: 490
• Publication Date: 2019-10-03
• Subjects: Antenna -- circularly polarized -- energy conservation -- green communication -- rectifier; Electromagnetism -- Periodicals; 537
• DOI: 10.1080/02726343.2019.1658164
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0272-6343

Abstract

ABSTRACT: In this paper, a triple band rectenna for Wi-Fi (2.4 GHz), Wi-MAX (3.5 GHz) and WLAN (5.2 GHz) application frequencies is proposed. The rectenna consists of a square-shaped circularly polarized antenna and a voltage doubler rectifier linked through a matching circuitry. A Schottky diode based voltage doubler rectifier and three stubs are used for the rectification of RF power to achieve high conversion efficiency. The impedance matching network provides a perfect matching between the sensing antenna and RF-DC rectifier. The rectenna maximum conversion efficiency realized is 85.6% at 3.5 GHz.