Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Design of Energy Efficient Voltage Multiplier Circuit for RF Energy Harvesting

  • Conference paper
  • First Online:
Advances in Smart Grid and Renewable Energy

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering ((LNEE,volume 435))

Abstract

This paper presents the design of a voltage multiplier circuit for RF energy harvesting at 2.4 GHz. The voltage multiplier circuit designed converts the RF energy signal into DC and hence can be used to provide power to electronic devices. A voltage tripler and voltage quadrupler circuit using Schottky diode have been designed and simulated on Multisim. Simulation results reveal that the proposed passive voltage tripler circuit uses an ac input signal of 4 Vrms to produce a DC output voltage of 14.481 V, whereas voltage quadrupler circuit produced an output voltage of 19.369 V. The proposed design is applicable for commercial frequency band of 2.4 GHz.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 169.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 219.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD 219.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. Brown, W.C.: The receiving antenna and microwave power rectification. J. Microw. Power 5, 279–292 (1970)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. Ungan, T., Reindl, L. M.: Concept for harvesting low ambient RF-sources for microsystems. http://www.imtek.de/content/pdf/public/2007/powermems_2007_paper_ungan.pdf. Accessed 20 Mar 2010

  3. Wang, J., Dong, L., Fu, Y.: Modeling of UHF voltage multiplier for radio-triggered wake-up circuit. Int. J. Circuit Theory Appl. (2010). doi:10.1002/cta.692

  4. Arrawatia, M., Baghini, M.S., Kumar, G.: RF energy harvesting system at 2.67 and 5.8 GHz. Proceedings of Asia Pacific Microwave Conference, pp. 900–903 (2010)

    Google Scholar 

  5. Jabbar, H., Young, S.S., Taikyeong, T.J.: RF energy harvesting system and circuits for charging of mobile devices. IEEE Trans. Consum. Electron. 56(1), 247–253 (2010)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  6. Hong, S.S.B., Ibrahim, R., Khir, H.M.M., Zakariya, M.A., Daud, H.: WI-FI energy harvester for low power RFID application. Prog. Electromagnet. Res. C 40, 69–81 (2013)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  7. Ali, E.M., Yahaya, N.Z., Perumal, N., Zakariya, M.A.: Design of RF to DC rectifier at GSM band for energy harvesting applications. J. Eng. Sci. Soc. 10(2), 15–22 (2014)

    Google Scholar 

  8. Ali, E.M., Yahaya, N.Z., Perumal, N., Zakariya, M.A.: Design and development of harvester RECTENNA at GSM band for battery charging applications. J. Eng. Appl. Sci. 10(21), 10206–10212 (2015)

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. MITS, Gwalior, India

    Asmita Rajawat & P. K. Singhal

Authors
  1. Asmita Rajawat
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. P. K. Singhal
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Asmita Rajawat .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur , Kharagpur, West Bengal, India

    Sabyasachi SenGupta

  2. Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Brunel University London, College of Engineering, Design and Physical Sciences, Uxbridge, Middlesex, United Kingdom

    Ahmed F. Zobaa

  3. Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology , Rangpo, Sikkim, India

    Karma Sonam Sherpa

  4. Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology , Rangpo, Sikkim, India

    Akash Kumar Bhoi

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2018 Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.

About this paper

Cite this paper

Rajawat, A., Singhal, P.K. (2018). Design of Energy Efficient Voltage Multiplier Circuit for RF Energy Harvesting. In: SenGupta, S., Zobaa, A., Sherpa, K., Bhoi, A. (eds) Advances in Smart Grid and Renewable Energy. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 435. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4286-7_58

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4286-7_58

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Singapore

  • Print ISBN: 978-981-10-4285-0

  • Online ISBN: 978-981-10-4286-7

  • eBook Packages: EnergyEnergy (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation