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 …

Harvesting ambient RF energy efficiently with optimal angular coverage

E Vandelle, TP Vuong, G Ardila, K Wu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ambient electromagnetic and RF energy is an ubiquitous energy resource that is found
everywhere but difficult to harvest because of the time-varying orientation of incoming …

Wireless RF Energy Transfer in the Massive IoT Era: Towards Sustainable Zero-energy Networks

H Alves, OA Lopez - 2021 - books.google.com
A deep dive into wireless energy transfer technologies for IoT networks In Wireless Energy
Transfer: Towards Sustainable Zero-Energy IoT Networks, distinguished researchers Onel …

Diplexer-based fully passive harmonic transponder for sub-6-GHz 5G-compatible IoT applications

X Gu, NN Srinaga, L Guo, S Hemour… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A novel diplexer-based fully passive transponder is presented in this paper, which targets
sub-6-GHz 5G-compatible internet-of-things applications. To alleviate the antenna design …

Grid-array rectenna with wide angle coverage for effectively harvesting RF energy of low power density

YY Hu, S Sun, H Xu, H Sun - IEEE Transactions on Microwave …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
It is difficult to effectively rectify or convert low power in the circuit stage of harvesters. The
high-gain antenna can offer a higher level of power and is beneficial to RF power harvesting …

An analytical framework of multisector rectenna array design for angular misalignment tolerant RF power transfer systems

M Kumar, S Kumar, A Sharma - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A design procedure is presented for an angular misalignment-tolerant multisector rectenna
array used as a wireless energy harvesting (WEH) system. The proposed analytical …

Collaboratively harvesting ambient radiofrequency and thermal energy

L Guo, X Gu, P Chu, S Hemour… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, an ambient power harvester with a single-diode device is proposed for
simultaneously scavenging both radiofrequency (RF) and thermal energy in a mixed and …

Dual-beam rectenna based on a short series-coupled patch array

YY Hu, S Sun, HJ Su, S Yang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The multibeam multiport antenna is a promising solution for effectively harvesting wireless
low-density power in a wide angle range. The traveling-wave series-fed patch array antenna …

Integrated coupler-antenna design for multibeam dual-polarized patch-array rectenna

YY Hu, S Sun, H Wu, S Yang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The multibeam antenna can facilitate effective harvesting of RF energy with low power
densities, different polarizations, and different incident directions. The use of coupler-based …

Design and measurement of 3D flexible antenna diversity for ambient RF energy scavenging in indoor scenarios

TP Vuong, J Verdier, B Allard, P Benech - IEEE Access, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ambient radiofrequency (RF) energy scavenging has been recently addressed with a wide
range of studies to provide alternative powering for low-power applications. However, due to …