scholarly journals RF energy harvesting prototype operating on multiple frequency bands with advanced power management

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 70
Author(s):  
Manee Sangaran Diagarajan ◽  
Agileswari Ramasamy ◽  
Navaamsini Boopalan ◽  
Norashidah Bt. Md Din
Keyword(s):  
Energy Harvesting ◽  
Power Management ◽  
Rf Energy Harvesting ◽  
Frequency Bands ◽  
Dc Power ◽  
Start Up ◽  
Rf Signals ◽  
Nimh Battery ◽  
Rf Energy ◽  
Efficient Power

<span>Radio Frequency (RF) harvesting seems to be catching up as an alternate energy source whereby RF energy is scavenged from ambient sources and converted into renewable energy in terms of DC power. This converted DC power is then utilized to power up devices that require a low start up power in which eliminates the need for battery replacement. In this paper, a novel RF energy harvesting prototype is presented which consists of two microstrip patch antennas operating on GSM (900MHz) and WIFI (2.4GHz) &amp; WiMAX (2.3GHz) frequency bands with a bandwidth of 220MHz and 10.11MHz respectively to harvest RF signals from ambience. Two matching networks are presented as well to ensure efficient power transfer to load. Rectifiers are designed to transform the RF signals to DC power. The converted DC signals are then combined and fed to a power management circuit which charges a 4.2V NiMh battery and drives a load at a regulated output of 3V.</span>

scholarly journals TFET-Based Power Management Circuit for RF Energy Harvesting

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Cavalheiro ◽  
Francesc Moll ◽  
Stanimir Valtchev
Keyword(s):  
Energy Harvesting ◽  
Power Management ◽  
Rf Energy Harvesting ◽  
Rf Energy

scholarly journals Single-Chip Two Antennas for MM-Wave Self-Powering and Implantable Biomedical Devices

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dalia Elsheakh ◽  
Somaya I Kayed ◽  
Heba Shawkey
Keyword(s):  
Energy Harvesting ◽  
Biomedical Applications ◽  
Data Communication ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Orthogonal Polarization ◽  
Single Chip ◽  
Rf Energy Harvesting ◽  
Frequency Bands ◽  
Rf Energy ◽  
Multi Band

Abstract Implantable biomedical applications arise the need for multi-band sensors with a wideband frequency channel for RF energy harvesting operation. Using a separate antenna for energy harvesting can simplify device circuit complexity and reduces operation frequency bands interference. This paper demonstrates the design of single chip with two separate integrated antennas for implantable biomedical applications. The two antennas have different structures with orthogonal polarization to achieve low mutual coupling and negligible interaction between them. The first antenna is a multi-band meander line (MBML) designed for multiple channels data communication, with quad operating bands in the MM-wave range from 22-64 GHz with area 1150 × 200μm2. The second antenna is a wideband dipole antenna (WBDA) for RF energy harvesting, operates in the frequency range extend from 28 GHz to 36 GHz with area 1300×250μm2. The proposed antennas are designed by using high frequency structure simulator (HFSS) and fabricated by using UMC180nm CMOS technology with total area 0.55 mm2. The MBML frequency bands operating bandwidths can reach 2 GHz at impedance bandwidth ≤ -10 dB. While, the WBDA antenna has gain -2 dB over the operating band extend from 28 GHz up to 36 GHz. The antenna performance is simulated separately and using the human-body phantom model that describes layers of fats inside body, and shows their compatibility for in body operation. Die measurements is performed using on wafer-probing RF PICOBROBES and shows the matching between simulation and measurement values.

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