Use Ultra-Wideband Discone Rectenna for Broadband RF Energy Harvesting Applications

Technologies

Traianos Yioultsis¹  Dimitrios Stratakis²  ManolisG. Tampouratzis³  Demosthenes Vouyioukas³ 

[1] Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), GR 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece;Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), Hellenic Mediterranean University (HMU), GR 71004 Heraklion, Greece;Department of Information and Communication Systems Engineering, University of the Aegean, GR 83200 Karlovasi, Greece;

关键词: broadband antennas;    discone antenna;    rectennas;    radio frequency (RF) energy harvesting;    schottky diode;    voltage doubler rectifier (VDR);   

DOI  :  10.3390/technologies8020021

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

In this study, a broadband Radio Frequency (RF) energy harvester implementation is presented. The system uses a broadband discone antenna, which can operate efficiently in a broad frequency spectrum, including LTE, DCS 1800 and UMTS 2100 cellular frequency bands. The system is able to harvest energy from various electromagnetic field sources, thus has the potential to efficiently charge a storage energy element in a short time. The prototype broadband RF energy harvester was tested in the laboratory and also in a typical urban environment.

【 授权许可】

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