TY - JOUR
T1 - Compact and simple high-efficient dual-band RF-DC rectifier for wireless electromagnetic energy harvesting
AU - Mansour, Mohamed M.
AU - Torigoe, Shota
AU - Yamamoto, Shuya
AU - Kanaya, Haruichi
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was partially supported by the Cabinet Office (CAO), Cross-ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program (SIP; JPNP18014), ?An intelligent knowledge processing infrastructure, integrating physical and virtual domains? (funding agency: NEDO), SCOPE, and KAKENHI (JP18K04146) JSPS.Authors would like to thank VLSI Design and Education Center (VTEC), the University of Tokyo in collaboration with CADENCE Corporation and Keysight Technologies who provided the simulation software and tools for simulations and results verification. Moreover, we would like to thank our colleagues at the Electronic Devices Lab. in Kyushu university for the fruitful discussion and consultations.
Funding Information:
Funding: This work was partially supported by the Cabinet Office (CAO), Cross-ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program (SIP; JPNP18014), “An intelligent knowledge processing infrastructure, integrating physical and virtual domains” (funding agency: NEDO), SCOPE, and KAKENHI (JP18K04146) JSPS.
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PY - 2021/8/1
Y1 - 2021/8/1
N2 - (1) Background: This work presents a high-efficiency, high sensitivity, compact rectifier based on a dual-band impedance matching network that employs a simple and straightforward T-matching circuit, for sub-1 GHz license-free applications. The development of a low-cost RF energy harvester dedicated to the ISM bands is introduced. The proposed rectifier design is optimized to operate at the sub-GHz frequency bands (0.9 to 2.4 GHz), specifically those at the ISM 900 and 2400 MHz. The motivation for this band is due to the low attenuation, well-known fundamental electromagnetic theories and background, and several wireless communications are emitting at those bands, such as RFID (2). Methods: The rectifier design is based on a simple, balanced single-series diode connected with a T-matching circuit. The dual-band performance is achieved by deploying reactive elements in each branch. The full mathematical analysis and simulation results are discussed in the manuscript. (3) Results: The rectifier can achieve a 80 MHz bandwidth around 920 MHz frequency and 200 MHz around the higher band 2.4 GHz. The resultant conversion efficiency level is maintained above 45% at both bands with a peak efficiency reaches up to 70% at the higher band. The optimum terminal load attached to the circuit at which the peak efficiency is achieved, is given as 4.7 kΩ. (4) Conclusion: Due to the compactness and small footprint, simple design, and simple integration with microwave circuits, the proposed rectifier architecture might find several potential applications in wireless RF energy harvesting.
AB - (1) Background: This work presents a high-efficiency, high sensitivity, compact rectifier based on a dual-band impedance matching network that employs a simple and straightforward T-matching circuit, for sub-1 GHz license-free applications. The development of a low-cost RF energy harvester dedicated to the ISM bands is introduced. The proposed rectifier design is optimized to operate at the sub-GHz frequency bands (0.9 to 2.4 GHz), specifically those at the ISM 900 and 2400 MHz. The motivation for this band is due to the low attenuation, well-known fundamental electromagnetic theories and background, and several wireless communications are emitting at those bands, such as RFID (2). Methods: The rectifier design is based on a simple, balanced single-series diode connected with a T-matching circuit. The dual-band performance is achieved by deploying reactive elements in each branch. The full mathematical analysis and simulation results are discussed in the manuscript. (3) Results: The rectifier can achieve a 80 MHz bandwidth around 920 MHz frequency and 200 MHz around the higher band 2.4 GHz. The resultant conversion efficiency level is maintained above 45% at both bands with a peak efficiency reaches up to 70% at the higher band. The optimum terminal load attached to the circuit at which the peak efficiency is achieved, is given as 4.7 kΩ. (4) Conclusion: Due to the compactness and small footprint, simple design, and simple integration with microwave circuits, the proposed rectifier architecture might find several potential applications in wireless RF energy harvesting.
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U2 - 10.3390/electronics10151764
DO - 10.3390/electronics10151764
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85110677074
VL - 10
JO - Electronics (Switzerland)
JF - Electronics (Switzerland)
SN - 2079-9292
IS - 15
M1 - 1764
ER -