scholarly journals A Novel Wideband Coplanar Waveguide (CPW) Fed Antenna for Energy Harvesting at 2.45 GHz

2022 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
Qasim Awais ◽  
Asad Farooq ◽  
Waqas Ali ◽  
Reshal Afzal ◽  
Adeel Khalid
Keyword(s):  
Energy Harvesting ◽  
Low Voltage ◽  
Coplanar Waveguide ◽  
Impedance Matching ◽  
Antenna System ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
High Frequency Structure Simulator ◽  
Radio Frequency Energy ◽  
Wind Vibration ◽  
Compact Design

Conversion of electric power from a high voltage to a low voltage causes power losses that also require efficient circuit design techniques to be implemented for durability of a system. Energy harvesting techniques have been implemented to cater to the power demand of low power electronic devices using electromagnetic, electrostatic, and other related technologies. This paper represents the compact design of an antenna system tuned at 2.45 GHz for radio frequency energy harvesting applications. The simulation results achieve a better gain of 5.4 dB along with enhanced radiation patterns. Impedance matching for 50 Ohm is implemented using a high frequency structure simulator (HFSS). The results of the antenna gain, VSWR, and radiation efficiency are compared with the literature. Furthermore, the size of the antenna system has great significance in medical and military related applications; this aspect is also considered in this design and overall, a 20 mm × 37 mm compact antenna is achieved by using mm wave considerations. This antenna design can be embedded in the wireless sensor network (WSN), RFID, and IoT related application to generate the required power required. Mostly, WSN nodes currently use traditional batteries that need to be replaced after some time. As in most cases, WSN nodes are scattered in wide geographical areas, so maintaining the power to these systems becomes challenging. RF energy harvesting provides a solution in these cases where wind, vibration, and solar sources are scarce. The simulated impedance bandwidth is found to range from 1.1 GHz to 5.2 GHz within the acceptable VSWR values.

scholarly journals Bandwidth Enhancement Technique of the Meandered Monopole Antenna

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Chien-Jen Wang ◽  
Dai-Heng Hsieh
Keyword(s):  
Communication Systems ◽  
Coplanar Waveguide ◽  
Impedance Matching ◽  
Ground Plane ◽  
Matching Condition ◽  
Resonant Mode ◽  
Monopole Antenna ◽  
Dual Band ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Feeding Structure

A small dual-band monopole antenna with coplanar waveguide (CPW) feeding structure is presented in this paper. The antenna is composed of a meandered monopole, an extended conductor tail, and an asymmetrical ground plane. Tuning geometrical structure of the ground plane excites an additional resonant frequency band and thus enhances the impedance bandwidth of the meandered monopole antenna. Unlike the conventional monopole antenna, the new resonant mode is excited by a slot trace of the CPW transmission line. The radiation performance of the slot mode is as similar as that of the monopole. The parametrical effect of the size of the one-side ground plane on impedance matching condition has been derived by the simulation. The measured impedance bandwidths, which are defined by the reflection coefficient of −6 dB, are 186 MHz (863–1049 MHz, 19.4%) at the lower resonant band and 1320 MHz (1490–2810 MHz, 61.3%) at the upper band. From the results of the reflection coefficients of the proposed monopole antenna, the operated bandwidths of the commercial wireless communication systems, such as GSM 900, DCS, IMT-2000, UMTS, WLAN, LTE 2300, and LTE 2500, are covered for uses.

scholarly journals A Wideband Circular Polarized Antenna using Coplanar Waveguide

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (6S4) ◽  
pp. 587-589
Keyword(s):  
Circular Polarization ◽  
Coplanar Waveguide ◽  
Impedance Matching ◽  
Ground Plane ◽  
Axial Ratio ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Rectangular Slot ◽  
Feed Line ◽  
Polarization Characteristics ◽  
Orthogonal Phase

A wideband coplanar waveguide (CPW) antenna with circular polarization characteristics using modified ground slot is studied in this work. Proposed design incorporates a hexagonal slot instead of rectangular slot, accounting for enhanced impedance matching. This ground slot is energized by a 50Ω feed line, resulting in excitation of two orthogonal phase quadrature modes (even-odd modes). Thus, fulfilling the essential criteria required for realizing circular polarization. A narrow horizontal slit (lg) is embedded in the ground plane at immediate left of feed line, accounting for wideband characteristics. 10dB impedance bandwidth of proposed antenna extends from 2.65- 5.60 GHz, while 3dB axial ratio bandwidth extends from 3.90- 5.80 GHz. Hence, overlapping bandwidth of proposed antenna extends from 3.90 - 5.60 GHz. RHCP characteristics with monopole radiation pattern makes proposed antenna useful for WLAN, radio navigation and radiolocation applications.

scholarly journals Design of Ultra Wideband Antenna

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 3988-3990
Keyword(s):  
Return Loss ◽  
Coplanar Waveguide ◽  
Impedance Matching ◽  
Ground Plane ◽  
Dielectric Substrate ◽  
Ultra Wideband ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Uwb Antenna ◽  
Rectangular Patch ◽  
Microstrip Feed

In this paper, A coplanar waveguide (CPW) ultra-wideband(UWB) antenna is designed, analyzed and simulated by computer simulation technology(CST). The proposed antenna is fabricated on FR-4 dielectric substrate. A microstrip feed line is used to excite the antenna.The ground plane is slotted to improve the impedance bandwidth (BW). Here, a rectangular patch is used as radiator and two corners out of four are truncated to improve impedance matching and UWB characterization.This antenna satisfies UWB characteristics like VSWR<2, Return loss(S11)<-10 dB,Gain<5dB and the antenna is operating within the frequency range of 1.59 to 11.87 GHz range which covers whole ultra wideband i.e. 3.1 to 10.6 GHz range.

scholarly journals Genetic Algorithms in Antennas and Smart Antennas Design Overview: Two Novel Antenna Systems for Triband GNSS Applications and a Circular Switched Parasitic Array for WiMax Applications Developments with the Use of Genetic Algorithms

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stylianos C. Panagiotou ◽  
Stelios C. A. Thomopoulos ◽  
Christos N. Capsalis
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Algorithms ◽  
Impedance Matching ◽  
Ground Plane ◽  
Smart Antennas ◽  
Antenna System ◽  
Antenna Design ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Parasitic Array ◽  
Extensive Reference ◽  
Antenna Systems

Genetic algorithms belong to a stochastic class of evolutionary techniques, whose robustness and global search of the solutions space have made them extremely popular among researchers. They have been successfully applied to electromagnetic optimization, including antenna design as well as smart antennas design. In this paper, extensive reference to literature related antenna design efforts employing genetic algorithms is taking place and subsequently, three novel antenna systems are designed in order to provide realistic implementations of a genetic algorithm. Two novel antenna systems are presented to cover the new GPS/Galileo band, namely, L5 (1176 MHz), together with the L1 GPS/Galileo and L2 GPS bands (1575 and 1227 MHz). The first system is a modified PIFA and the second one is a helical antenna above a ground plane. Both systems exhibit enhanced performance characteristics, such as sufficient front gain, input impedance matching, and increased front-to-back ratio. The last antenna system is a five-element switched parasitic array with a directional beam with sufficient beamwidth to a predetermined direction and an adequate impedance bandwidth which can be used as receiver for WiMax signals.

Broadband dual linear polarized (DLP) antenna array for energy harvesting system

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 1017-1023 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dalia N. Elsheakh
Keyword(s):  
Energy Harvesting ◽  
Antenna Array ◽  
Frequency Band ◽  
Phase Shifter ◽  
Power Divider ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Antenna Element ◽  
Radio Frequency Energy ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Energy Harvesting System

AbstractA broadband linear polarized antenna is designed for radio frequency energy harvesting. The antenna covers the frequency range from 1 up to 6 GHz with relative impedance bandwidth of 126% at −6 dB reflection coefficient |S11| and extended from 1.1 to 3.3 GHz and from 4.2 to 5.6 GHz at |S11| ≤ −10 dB. A 2 × 2 dual linear polarized (DLP) antenna array is designed based on the antenna element by using equal phase and equal power divider 1-to-4 Wilkinson power divider with 180° phase shifter. The DLP antenna array covers the frequency band from 1.8 to 2.9 GHz. This frequency band covers a wide range of modern wireless communication standards, including GSM 1800, UMTS 2100, Wi-Fi 2.4, and most of LTE bands. The developed array prototype was then used to experimentally validate the simulation results. The horizontally and vertically polarized gain of the designed array were found to be quite similar across the 1.8–2.9 frequency band with an average gain value of 5.5 dBi.

A CPW-fed stepped slot UWB antenna for MIMO/diversity applications

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 151-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raj Kumar ◽  
Neha Pazare
Keyword(s):  
Coplanar Waveguide ◽  
Impedance Matching ◽  
Ground Plane ◽  
Ultra Wideband ◽  
Slot Antenna ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Uwb Antenna ◽  
Slot Antennas ◽  
Capacity Loss ◽  
Field Radiation

An ultra-wideband (UWB) slot antenna for diversity applications is introduced. The overall structure of the antenna consists of two similar coplanar waveguide (CPW)-fed stepped rectangular slots placed in an orthogonal position. The slots are asymmetric with respect to their placement in the ground plane. The CPW feeds are double stepped and terminated on hexagonal patches for better impedance matching. A wide impedance bandwidth (measured) from 3 to 12 GHz with an isolation better than 15 dB is obtained with this antenna. To improve the isolation, the design is modified and an I-shaped slot strip is introduced between the two slot antennas. With this, the isolation is brought about 25 dB of most of the band, while the impedance bandwidth remains the same (2.8–12 GHz for port 1, measured and 2.9–12 GHz for port 2, measured). The far-field radiation patterns are also measured and a peak gain of about 5 dBi is obtained. Finally, the diversity parameters such as envelope correlation coefficient and capacity loss are calculated and found to have low values. The antenna is expected to be useful for UWB diversity applications with good isolation.

A Compact Broadband Circularly Polarized Slot Antenna for Universal UHF RFID Reader and GPS

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 589-595
Author(s):  
Canjie Chen ◽  
Quanyuan Feng
Keyword(s):  
Coplanar Waveguide ◽  
Impedance Matching ◽  
Axial Ratio ◽  
Slot Antenna ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Uhf Rfid ◽  
Circularly Polarized ◽  
Rectangular Slot ◽  
Polarization Characteristics ◽  
Ground Plate

A novel compact printed broadband circularly polarized slot antenna is proposed in this paper. The antenna consists of an inverted L-shaped coplanar waveguide feed structure and a square ground plate loaded with three rectangular slots. The antenna achieves good impedance matching and circular polarization characteristics by adjusting the size of the L-shaped band and the rectangular slot. The simulation results show that the antenna has a 10-dB impedance bandwidth of 1360 MHz (690-2050 MHz) and a 3 dB axial ratio (AR) bandwidth of 490 MHz (770-1260 MHz). Additionally, the maximum gain reached 4.02 dBi. The antenna proposed in this paper can be applied to UHF RFID and GPS frequency bands.

Broadband CPW-Fed Circularly Polarized Square Slot Antenna for Universal UHF RFID Handheld Reader

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (6) ◽  
pp. 747-754
Author(s):  
Rui Ma ◽  
Quanyuan Feng
Keyword(s):  
Low Cost ◽  
Coplanar Waveguide ◽  
Impedance Matching ◽  
Axial Ratio ◽  
Polarization Characteristic ◽  
Dielectric Substrate ◽  
Slot Antenna ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Uhf Rfid ◽  
Circularly Polarized

This paper presents a new coplanar waveguide (CPW)-fed circularly polarized square slot antenna (CPSSA). The proposed antenna uses an inverted Z-shaped feedline protruded from the signal line of the feeding CPW. Circularly polarized (CP) radiation can be achieved by adequately inserting the arc-shaped grounded strip into the upper right corner of the square slot. The widened vertical tuning stub on the L-shaped grounded strip can improve impedance matching and axial ratio (AR) performance. The measured results indicate that the 10 dB impedance bandwidth is 620 MHz (652-1272 MHz), and the 3 dB axial ratio bandwidth is 320 MHz (840-1160 MHz), which has a broadband characteristic. In the range of the universal UHF RFID band, the measured peak gain is about 4.4 dBi. The proposed CPSSA uses low-cost FR4 material as the dielectric substrate. The overall size of the antenna is 119 × 119 × 0.5 mm3. The proposed antenna has a simple structure, easy processing, good performance, wide operating bandwidth, and dual circular polarization characteristic. It can be applied to the universal UHF RFID handheld reader environment.

Compact Design of an UWB Antenna with Dual Band-Notched Characteristic

2012 ◽  
Vol 195-196 ◽  
pp. 13-16
Author(s):  
Wen Bo Zeng ◽  
Jia Zhao ◽  
Bao Zhong Ke ◽  
Qi Qi Wu
Keyword(s):  
Frequency Band ◽  
Printed Circuit Board ◽  
Coplanar Waveguide ◽  
Impedance Matching ◽  
Ground Plane ◽  
Ultra Wideband ◽  
Circuit Board ◽  
Dual Band ◽  
Uwb Antenna ◽  
Compact Design

An ultra-wideband (UWB) printed antenna with dual band-notched characteristic is presented in this paper. The proposed antenna is composed of a semi-circular patch fed by a tapered coplanar waveguide (CPW) and an unclosed ground plane, which are printed onto the same side of a FR4 printed circuit board (PCB) with an overall size of 30 mm × 30 mm × 1.5 mm. By embedding a simple arc-shaped slot in the patch and adding a T-shaped strip on the top of the patch, two notched frequency bands for rejection of WiMAX and WLAN system can be realized. The characteristics of the proposed antenna are investigated by using the software HFSS and validated experimentally, both simulated and measured results show that the proposed antenna prototype achieves good impedance matching over an frequency band from 2.1011.40 GHz for VSWR2 with two notched bands over the frequency range of 5-5.95 GHz and 3.1-3.9 GHz. Furthermore, a relatively stable gain and suitable radiation patterns are also achieved in both lower and upper UWB frequency band.

scholarly journals Integrated cmos rectifier for rf-powered wireless sensor network nodes

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 829-838
Author(s):  
Mohammed Abdul Raheem Esmail Alselwi ◽  
Yan Chiew Wong ◽  
Zul Atfyi Fauzan Mohammed Napiah
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Network ◽  
Energy Harvesting ◽  
Radio Frequency ◽  
Sensor Network ◽  
Impedance Matching ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Rfid Tags ◽  
Radio Frequency Energy ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
Radiofrequency Identification

This article presents a review of the CMOS rectifier for radio frequency energy harvesting application. The on-chip rectifier converts the ambient low-power radio frequency signal coming to antenna to useable DC voltage that recharges energy to wireless sensor network (WSN) nodes and radiofrequency identification (RFID) tags, therefore the rectifier is the most important part of the radio frequency energy harvesting system. The impedance matching network maximizes power transfer from antenna to rectifier. The design and comparison between the simulation results of one- and multi-stage differential drive cross connected rectifier (DDCCR) at the operating frequencies of 2.44GHz, and 28GHz show the output voltage of the multi-stage rectifier doubles at each added stage and power conversion efficiency (PCE) of rectifier at 2.44GHz was higher than 28GHz. The (DDCCR) rectifier is the most efficient rectifier topology to date and is used widely for passive WSN nodes and RFID tags.

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