High efficiency microwave rectenna circuit: modelling and design

An equivalent circuit approach used for the modelling of a system consisting of an antenna and an RF/DC rectifying circuit (rectenna) is presented. It is shown that using this approach, no electromagnetic simulation tool is required for the simulation and optimisation of the overall circuit. The realised rectenna operates at 2.45 GHz, and shows very good agreement between the predicted efficiency using the presented model (about 75%) and the measured one.     

A narrow-frame antenna for WWAN/LTE/WiMAX/WLAN mobile phones

In this paper, we present a novel narrow-frame antenna with a size of 75 × 8 × 5.8 mm³ for 5.7 in. mobile phones. The antenna mainly consists of a monopole with four branches that are coupled to a two-branch grounded strip. Our antenna is able to cover more bands than other narrow-frame antennas by excitation of several resonant modes. The improved range of the antenna covers the following eleven bands: LTE700, GSM850, GSM900, DCS, PCS, UMTS, LTE2300, LTE2500, LTE3400 (3400–3800 MHz)/WiMAX3.5 GHz (3400–3650 MHz), WLAN5.2 GHz (5150–5350 MHz) and WLAN5.8 GHz (5725–5875 MHz). Another advantage of the proposed antenna is that it does not need any lumped element to match the antenna. The working principles of the proposed antenna are thoroughly studied. A prototype of the proposed antenna is fabricated and measured, with the results in good agreement with the simulation results.     

Reconfigurable antenna for concurrent operation over cellular and connectivity bands

Two frequency-reconfigurable antennas have been designed and combined in a space with limited volume, i.e. 40 times 20 times 6 mm. Each antenna can be reconfigured to operate at different frequency bands depending on the state of an embedded switch, which is implemented using a pin diode. The first antenna can be switched between the 0.82-0.96 GHz band (GSM/CDMA) and the 1.7-2.17 GHz band (DCS/PCS/WCDMA), which are cellular bands. The second antenna can be switched between the 3.4-3.6 GHz band (mWiMax) and the 2.3-2.5 GHz, 5.15-5.35 GHz bands (WiBro/WLAN 11a/ b/g/n), which are connectivity bands. The proposed combined antenna operates over both cellular bands and connectivity bands concurrently.     

Optimization of a Novel Rectenna for RF Energy Harvesting at 2.45 GHz

In this work, the different elements of a rectenna were optimized for the energy harvesting from Wi-Fi at 2.45 GHz, using the particle swarm optimization method with real or hybrid dimensions depending on the element. The antenna was optimized in different steps and for each one the effect on its performance was determined. For the rectifier, several commercial diodes were compared for evaluating the best selection for this application. Additionally, a low pass filter and an impedance matching of L-section were implemented as coupling elements. The antenna from the novel rectenna had a gain equal to 4.42 dBi due to the incorporation of a pixeled metasurface structure in the ground layer, and a maximum conversion efficiency of 73% with the diode SMS-7630. In this sense, the optimized rectenna presented a better performance than others from the literature for RF energy harvesting at 2.45 GHz. Therefore, the proposed rectenna can be a good alternative as a power supply in nodes of wireless sensor networks with the addition of the DC–DC boost converter LTC3105.

     

Experimental study on an S-band near-field microwave magnetron power transmission system on hundred-watt level

A multi-magnetron microwave source, a metamaterial transmitting antenna, and a large power rectenna array are presented to build a near-field 2.45 GHz microwave power transmission system. The square 1 m² rectenna array consists of sixteen rectennas with 2048 Schottky diodes for large power microwave rectifying. It receives microwave power and converts them into DC power. The design, structure, and measured performance of a unit rectenna as well as the entail rectenna array are presented in detail. The multi-magnetron microwave power source switches between half and full output power levels, i.e. the half-wave and full-wave modes. The transmission antenna is formed by a double-layer metallic hole array, which is applied to combine the output power of each magnetron. The rectenna array DC output power reaches 67.3 W on a 1.2 Ω DC load at a distance of 5.5 m from the transmission antenna. DC output power is affected by the distance, DC load, and the mode of microwave power source. It shows that conventional low power Schottky diodes can be applied to a microwave power transmission system with simple magnetrons to realise large power microwave rectifying.     

Hepta-Band Internal Antenna for Personal Communication Handsets

Modern personal communication handsets are shrinking in size and are required to operate at multiple frequency bands for enhanced functionality and performance. This poses an important challenge for antenna designers to build multiband antennas within the limited allowable space. In this paper, an internal antenna covering seven frequency bands is presented for personal communication handsets. The proposed antenna operates at GSM (880-960 MHz), DCS (1710-1880 MHz), PCS (1880-1990 MHz), UMTS (1900-2170 MHz), WiBro (2300-2390 MHz), Bluetooth (2.4-2.48 GHz), and WLAN (5.0-5.5 GHz) frequency bands. Measured input return loss of the antenna is better than dB at all the frequency bands with reasonable radiation performance. Antenna volume is 30 mm times15 mm times 4.0 mm (1.8 cm) that makes it attractive for modern multiband and multifunctional slim handsets.     

一种用于无线输能的2.45 GHz微带贴片整流天线

为了提高大信号输入下整流天线的整流效率,利用Ansoft Designer仿真软件,设计制作了一种工作在2.45 GHz的微带整流天线,接收天线采用二元串联微带矩形贴片阵列,单元贴片之间引入两个短枝节以调节方向图指向;整流电路采用二极管串联双管倍压电路。实验结果与仿真结果二者吻合良好,实测得到输入功率为100 mW时,微波-直流转换效率达到64%,同单管并联电路相比,大大提高了整流电路的输入功率,使整流天线的实际转换效率更高。     

宽带圆极化整流天线的研究与设计

针对空间微弱射频能量收集,提出了一种宽带圆极化整流天线,其主要由射频能量接收天线和多频整流电路构成.为了获得宽频带特性,接收天线的辐射贴片采用对数周期交叉偶极子.同时,两对交叉偶极子均由环形的90°相位延迟线连接,且相互正交,从而实现天线的圆极化特性.多频整流电路由两个单阶电压倍压整流电路并联而成,为了提高整流电路的性能和效率,引入了具有两个枝节的新型阻抗匹配电路.仿真结果表明:接收天线的阻抗带宽和3 dB轴比带宽分别为1 100 MHz和350 MHz;多频整流电路的功率灵敏度达到-35 dBm,最大RF-DC整体转换效率可达76.5%.在辐射强度为6.02 μT,负载电阻为700 Ω时,测得整流天线负载端的输出电压约为139 mV,因此该整流天线适用于低功率射频能量收集应用.     

A novel microstrip antenna loaded with EBG and ELC for bandwidth enhancement

This paper proposes the design of three compact antennas for WiMAX, WLAN and ISM band applications. Antenna 1 consists of a monopole radiating element with an electromagnetic band gap (EBG) structured ground. By employing the EBG structure, an ultra-wide band frequency of 2.4–4.8 GHz (66.66%) is achieved. Antenna 2 is configured with an electric-LC (ELC) element, which achieved an ultra-wide band (UWB) frequency of 2.38–4.91 GHz (69.41%). Antenna 3 is integrated with ELC and EBG together, in which a UWB frequency of 2.3–5.3 GHz (78.94%) is obtained with improved impedance matching. The three antennas have omnidirectional radiation patterns which cover the ISM band at 2.4 GHz and WiMAX at 2.5/3.5 GHz over the operating bands. The radiation efficiency is?>?75% throughout the operating bands of all the antennas. In addition to the WiMAX and ISM bands, antenna 3 covers WLAN in the 5.2 GHz band. The proposed design can be applied to wireless mobile communication systems, which have the advantage of ease of fabrication and compactness.

     

Multi-band monopole antenna with inverted U-shaped parasitic plane

A microstrip-fed printed monopole antenna having a parasitic plane is proposed for multi-band applications. By inserting an inverted U-shaped parasitic plane on the bottom of the dielectric substrate, the proposed antenna can easily cover DCS/UMTS/WiBro/2.4 GHz WLAN and 5.2/5.8 GHz WLAN bands at the same time. In addition, a /spl Gamma/-shaped slit is inserted on the main patch to cover the GSM frequency band. Experimental and numerical results of the designed monopole antenna are presented and analysed.     

ACS-Fed e-Shaped Dual Band Uniplanar Printed Antenna for Modern Wireless Communication Applications

A printed small size (12×16.5 mm) ACS-fed e-shaped uniplanar antenna is proposed for dual band applications. The multiband operating characteristics have been achieved by integrating e-shaped radiating strips to the 50ΩACSfeed line. Two simultaneously operating wide bands have been generated by using optimized radiating branch strips for the multiband applications. For obtaining size reduction and wider impedance bandwidth, e-shaped meandered elements are chosen in the design. The proposed design features the bandwidth (VSWR < 2, reflection coefficient below–10 dB) of 100 MHz in 2.4–2.5 GHz, and 2100MHzin 4.0–6.1 GHz. The developed multiband antenna can be useful for several wireless communication applications, such as 2.4 GHz Bluetooth/RFID,WLAN(2.4/5.2/5.8 GHz), WiMAX (5.5 GHz), US public safety band (4.9 GHz), ISM band, radio frequency energy harvesting and internet of things (IoT) applications.     

一种新颖的5.8GHz圆极化接收整流天线

提出了一种新颖的用于微波能量传输的圆极化接收整流天线。截角矩形微带天线作为接收天线,在工作频率为5.8GHz时得到的轴比为1.2dB,使用肖特基势垒二极管作为整流部分。通过测量接收整流天线的能量转换效率,证明发射天线和接收整流天线之间的极化未对准对于输出功率和能量转换效率的影响都很小,所以这种接收整流天线非常适用于移动物体间的微波能量传输。     

Penta-notched UWB antenna with sharp frequency edge selectivity using combination of SRR,CSRR, and DGS

This work presents penta-notched UWB antenna with sharp frequency edge selectivity using combination of SRR, CSRR, and DGS to reject the WiMAX (3.30–3.60 GHz), lower WLAN (5.150–5.350 GHz), upper WLAN (5.725–5.825 GHz), downlink of X-band satellite communication (7.0–7.40 GHz), and the uplink of X-band satellite communication (8.10–8.50 GHz) frequency bands. All these frequency bands lie within the UWB frequency spectrum. The proposed antenna is suitable for portable communication applications due to its compact dimensions. It sharply notches the existing frequency bands to mitigate the interference caused by nearby wireless communication systems within UWB frequency range. The sharp notching is achieved by the combination of complementary split ring resonators (CSRR) on the radiating semi-circular patch, split ring resonators (SRR) placed at the junction of the feedline, and a pair of defected ground structures (DGS). All notched bands can be well controlled and shifted and the equivalent lumped model of the notched bands are also developed for validation. The proposed antenna simulated, and measured results show better performance over the present state-of-the-art designs. The proposed penta-notched UWB antenna possesses better reflection coefficient, VSWR, stable gain, and small foot print. The proposed antenna has a nearly omnidirectional radiation pattern in the passbands.     

Sierpinski monopole antenna with controlled band spacing and inputimpedance

A novel configuration of the Sierpinski triangular gasket antenna is proposed. A quasi-log-periodic performance was achieved for the operating bands of GSM, DECT and WLAN by using a new band spacing control technique. This design enhances the input matching performance to well over -10 dB with a 50 Ω feed     

A Quad Band Metamaterial Miniaturized Antenna for Wireless Applications with Gain Enhancement

This paper presents a designing of dual-coated miniaturized metamaterial inspired quad band antenna for wireless standards with gain enhancement. Proposed design has compactness in size with electrical dimension of 0.239?×?0.351?×?0.0127 λ (30?×?44?×?1.6 mm³), at lower frequency of 2.39 GHz. The antenna consist a double printed slotted hexagonal shape radiating section with implementation of metamaterial rectangular split ring resonator. Antenna achieve quad bands for wireless standards WLAN (2.4/5.8 GHz), WiMAX (3.5 GHz), IEEE 802.11P (WAVE-5.9 GHz), ITU assigned X bands (7.25–7.75, 7.9–8.4 GHz) and satellite communication systems operating bands (C-band: 7.4–8.9 GHz and X-band: 8–10 GHz for satellite TV). An acceptable gain, stable radiation characteristics and good impedance matching are observed at all the resonant frequencies of the proposed structure. By application of proposed frequency selective surface an average enhancement of gain is about 4–5 dB over the operating band. Antenna fabricated and tested represent good agreement between the simulated and measured results.

     

Wideband CPW-Fed Spiral-Shaped Slot Antenna for Wireless Applications

A new compact design of CPW-fed wideband (WB) spiral-shaped slot antenna is proposed. The proposed antenna has a compact size with overall dimensions 37-33 mm and is fabricated on FR4 substrate with dielectric constant ? _r = 4.4 and thickness h = 1.6 mm. With the different length of the spiral-shaped slots, simulated and experimental results of the antenna are suitable for WB operations. The–10 dB bandwidth of the WB antenna from measurement is approximately 115.2% (2.36–8.53 GHz). The proposed antenna provides nearly omni-directional radiation characteristics. The new antenna configuration operates in several different bands: 2.4, 3.5, 5.2, 5.5, and 5.8 GHz covering 2.4/5.2/5.8 GHz WLAN bands and 2.5/3.5/5.5 GHz WiMAX bands. The results for S₁₁, far-field H- and E-plane radiation patterns and gain of the proposed antennas are presented and discussed. The agreement between measured results and full-wave simulation validates the feasible configuration of the proposed antennas.     

Design of combined PIFAs with high port-to-port isolation for GSM/DCS and WLAN mobile phones

A novel design of combined PIFAs with high port-to-port isolation for GSM/DCS and WLAN mobile phones is presented. The antenna consists mainly of two planar inverted-F antennas (PIFAs), which are displaced closely with parts of the radiators reused. One of the PIFAs works at GSM900/DCS1800 bands (GSM-PIFA) and the other one works at WLAN/2.4 GHz band (WLAN-PIFA). To enhance the port-to-port isolation of the two PIFAs two techniques are used: first, the feeding coaxial-cable shield of the WLAN-PIFA is reused as the shorting strip of the GDPIFA; secondly, a rectangle slot is notched on the GSM-PIFA for further improving the isolation. A prototype has been implemented and tested, which shows that more than -20 dB isolation is obtained from 0.8 to 2.6 GHz.     

Novel Wideband Directional Dipole Antenna on a Mushroom Like EBG Structure

A new method to design thin wideband directional dipole antennas on electromagnetic bandgap (EBG) structure is introduced. At the heart of this method is the idea to understand and properly utilize the complex interactions between the dipole impedance and the EBG reflection phase characteristics. Using the proposed technique a thin wideband printed dipole is designed, fabricated and tested. The antenna can satisfy applications, such as Digital Communication System (DCS, 1.71-1.88 GHz), Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM, 1.85-1.99 GHz), Personal Communication System (PCS, 1.85-2.05 GHz), Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS, 1.92-2.17 GHz) and Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN, 2.4-2.485 GHz) within VSWR les 2.5:1. Antenna peak gain varies from 5.5 to 8.3 dBi from 1700 to 2500 MHz while the front to back (F/B) ratio is higher than 15 dB for an overall antenna size of 102 mm by 76.4 mm by 5.9 mm.     

具有谐波抑制功能的圆极化整流天线设计

设计了一款新型的具有谐波抑制能力的圆极化整流天线。在圆环缝隙天线的中心挖圆形孔,控制天线的谐振频带与抑制高次谐波。在缝隙的内边缘开两个半圆形槽,缩减天线的尺寸并获得圆极化辐射。倍压整流电路有效地提高了整流天线的输出直流电压。仿真结构表明,天线谐振带宽(VSWR＜2)为17.6％,圆极化带宽(AR＜3 dB)达到3.7％。整流电路在0 dBm的输入功率时,能达到59％的整流效率和1.7 V的直流输出电压。该整流天线可作为无源射频识别(Radio Frequency Identification,RFID)标签的整流天线。