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Tri-Stepped Rectangular Antenna for Efficient RF Energy Harvesting

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Although the worldwide demand for energy is increasing rapidly, the availability of current traditional resources (such as atomic and thermal power) is insufficient. Hence, artificial (man-made) energy sources are required. Advancements in wireless technology have raised the radio frequency (RF) levels in the environment. These RF waves are available at all times, unlike natural resources such as solar, hydro, and wind energy. The energy requirement and consumption of electronic devices have also been reduced over last decade. Hence, harvesting energy from RF waves and driving low-power devices are the simplest solutions. In the current work, a simplified monopole antenna, called a tri-stepped rectangular antenna for RF harvesting, is proposed. Here, the regular rectangular structure is modified to a step-like structure to achieve impedance matching and maximize the omni-directional gain at all mobile frequencies. This antenna functions with the LTE B5 (850), GSM 900, GSM 1800, 3G, 4G, and ISM (2.4 GHz) systems. We have also demonstrated a proof-of-concept of energy harvesting using RF waves generated by mobile towers and Wi-Fi devices. The system can generate up to 12 mV (14.4 mW) and could charge a battery of rating 3.7 V, 500 mAh. We anticipate this harvested energy to be used in driving the WSN node, Bluetooth devices, and mobile charging.

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    Mamta Kurvey & Ashwini Kunte

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The associate editor coordinating the review of this paper and approving it for publication was S. Q. Xiao.

Mamta Kurvey [corresponding author] received her Bachelor’s degree from Amravati University and Master’s degree from the University of Mumbai, India. She is presently an Assistant Professor at the A.P. Shah Institute of Technology, Thane, and is pursuing her Ph.D. degree from the Thadomal Shahni Engineering College, Mumbai, India. She is a member of the Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE) and also a life member of the ISTE. Her research interests are antenna, RF energy harvesting, neural networks, and optical fiber communication. She has authored or co-authored over 20 papers in national and international conferences and journals.

Ashwini Kunte received her M.E. and Ph.D. degrees from the Government College of Engineering, Aurangabad, India. She is presently the Professor and Head of the Department of Electronics and Telecommunication in Thadomal Shahni Engineering College, Mumbai, India. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE) and also a life member of ISTE. Her research interests are signal and images processing, wireless networks, energy harvesting, and antenna designs. She has many international conferences and journal papers to her credit. She has presented papers in the IEEE international conferences held in China, Malaysia, and Dubai.

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Kurvey, M., Kunte, A. Tri-Stepped Rectangular Antenna for Efficient RF Energy Harvesting. J. Commun. Inf. Netw. 3, 86–90 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41650-018-0018-1

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