A comprehensive survey on RF energy harvesting: Applications and performance determinants

HHR Sherazi, D Zorbas, B O'Flynn - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
There has been an explosion in research focused on Internet of Things (IoT) devices in
recent years, with a broad range of use cases in different domains ranging from industrial …

Rectennas for radio-frequency energy harvesting and wireless power transfer: A review of antenna design [antenna applications corner]

M Wagih, AS Weddell, S Beeby - IEEE Antennas and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Radio-frequency (RF) energy harvesting (RFEH) and radiative wireless power transfer
(WPT) have attracted significant interest as methods of enabling battery-free sustainable …

A high-efficiency broadband rectenna for ambient wireless energy harvesting

C Song, Y Huang, J Zhou, J Zhang… - … on Antennas and …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a novel broadband rectenna for ambient wireless energy harvesting
over the frequency band from 1.8 to 2.5 GHz. First of all, the characteristics of the ambient …

Design of a high-efficiency 2.45-GHz rectenna for low-input-power energy harvesting

H Sun, Y Guo, M He, Z Zhong - IEEE Antennas and Wireless …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter presents a high-efficiency 2.45-GHz rectenna that can harvest low input RF power
effectively. A new antenna with a simple structure and high gain of 8.6 dBi is proposed for …

Low-power far-field wireless powering for wireless sensors

Z Popović, EA Falkenstein, D Costinett… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper discusses far-field wireless powering for low-power wireless sensors, with
applications to sensing in environments where it is difficult or impossible to change batteries …

Design and safety considerations of an implantable rectenna for far-field wireless power transfer

C Liu, YX Guo, H Sun, S Xiao - IEEE Transactions on antennas …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An implantable rectenna, which consists of a planar inverted-F antenna (PIFA) and a rectifier
circuit, is proposed for far-field wireless power transfer. The PIFA has a folded ground plane …

Multiport pixel rectenna for ambient RF energy harvesting

S Shen, CY Chiu, RD Murch - IEEE Transactions on Antennas …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We describe the design of a multiport pixel rectenna for ambient radio-frequency (RF)
energy harvesting consisting of an optimized triple-port pixel antenna and a triple-port …

A comprehensive review of metasurface structures suitable for RF energy harvesting

AAG Amer, SZ Sapuan, N Nasimuddin… - IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Energy harvesting (EH) or scavenging is recognized as harvesting energy from ambient
energy sources in the surrounding environment. This paper reports a literature review on …

Maximum achievable power conversion efficiency obtained through an optimized rectenna structure for RF energy harvesting

YS Chen, CW Chiu - IEEE Transactions on Antennas and …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
High-efficiency rectennas for radio frequency (RF) energy harvesting have been studied for
decades, but most of the literature straightforwardly applies the rectenna aiming at dedicated …

A compact fractal loop rectenna for RF energy harvesting

M Zeng, AS Andrenko, X Liu, Z Li… - IEEE Antennas and …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter presents a compact fractal loop rectenna for RF energy harvesting at GSM1800
bands. First, a fractal loop antenna with novel in-loop ground-plane impedance matching is …