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2018-07-06
A Compact-Integrated Recon Gurable Rectenna Array for RF Power Harvesting with a Practical Physical Structure
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Progress In Electromagnetics Research M, Vol. 70, 89-98, 2018
Abstract
This paper presents the design of a compact-integrated reconfigurable rectenna array containing 2x2 compact microstrip patch antennas based on a fractal model with the rectifier circuit integrated into the same physical structure and usable in practical conditions. In this array configuration, four rectennas were mounted in a planar structure with total dimensions of 85x85 mm using FR-4 dielectric and with recon gurable DC output that was tested in three ways: series-association, parallel-association and series-parallel association. In the series-association the rectenna array was able to generate the DC power that reached 6.51 V and maximum efficiency of 64.5%; in the parallel-association it generated the DC power that reached 1.58 V and maximum efficiency of 65.3%; in series-parallel-association it generated the DC power that reached 3.00 V and maximum efficiency of 64.5%. The results showed that rectennas in array configuration are feasible to be used as power supplies to electronic devices in real situations.
Citation
Euclides Lourenço Chuma, Yuzo Iano, Mathias Scroccaro Costa, Leandro Tiago Manera, and Leonardo Lorenzo Bravo Roger, "A Compact-Integrated Recon Gurable Rectenna Array for RF Power Harvesting with a Practical Physical Structure," Progress In Electromagnetics Research M, Vol. 70, 89-98, 2018.
doi:10.2528/PIERM18032501
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