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A dual band rectifying antenna for RF energy harvesting

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This paper presents a compact dual band rectenna consisting of an open ended microstrip line antenna useful for sensing UMTS and RFID microwave signals. The designed antenna has a Sierpinski fractal geometry loaded on the ground surface and resonates at 2.1 GHz and 5.8 GHz. In the proposed structure, suppression of higher order harmonics is realized with improved RF to DC conversion efficiency in both the resonating bands. A voltage doubler rectifier configuration is used for rectifying the RF signal sensed by means of a receiving antenna and the output is passed through a DC block capacitor. An RF 7 to DC conversion efficiency of 79% and 86% is achieved for a 1 KΩ load at 2.1 GHz and 5.8 GHz, respectively. The overall size of the designed antenna is 40 × 40 × 1.6 mm3 and the rectifier is 40 × 48.6 × 0.762 mm3.

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  1. Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 110025, India

    Neeta Singh, Mirza Tariq Beg &  Mainuddin

  2. School of Computational and Integrative Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067, India

    Binod K. Kanaujia

  3. School of Electronics Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41566, South Korea

    Sachin Kumar

  4. Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 603203, India

    Sachin Kumar

  5. Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Bhagwan Parshuram Institute of Technology, New Delhi, 110089, India

    Mukesh K. Khandelwal

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Singh, N., Kanaujia, B.K., Beg, M.T. et al. A dual band rectifying antenna for RF energy harvesting. J Comput Electron 17, 1748–1755 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10825-018-1241-6

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