Long-range wireless microwave power transmission: A review of recent progress

X Zhu, K Jin, Q Hui, W Gong… - IEEE Journal of Emerging …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The concept of long-range microwave power transmission (MPT) has been driven by the
desire to remotely power satellites, drones, or some mobile facilities. The advantage of long …

Harvesting systems for rf energy: trends, challenges, techniques, and tradeoffs

S Muhammad, JJ Tiang, SK Wong, AH Rambe, I Adam… - Electronics, 2022 - mdpi.com
The RFEH design challenges can be broadly classified into overall radio frequency direct
current (RF-to-DC) power conversion efficiency (PCE), form factor, operational bandwidth …

High-efficiency broadband rectifier with wide ranges of input power and output load based on branch-line coupler

XY Zhang, ZX Du, Q Xue - … on Circuits and Systems I: Regular …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this work, a novel rectifier based on a branch-line coupler is proposed to operate within
wide ranges of input power, operating frequency and output load. In the proposed topology …

Dual-band resistance compression networks for improved rectifier performance

K Niotaki, A Georgiadis, A Collado… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this work, the concept of dual-band resistance compression networks is introduced and
applied to the design of rectifier circuits with improved performance. The use of resistance …

Differential rectifier using resistance compression network for improving efficiency over extended input power range

QW Lin, XY Zhang - IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a differential rectifier with high radio frequency (RF)-dc conversion
efficiency over an extended input power range by using resistance compression network …

High-efficiency single-and dual-band rectifiers using a complex impedance compression network for wireless power transfer

ZX Du, XY Zhang - IEEE Transactions on industrial electronics, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, novel single-and dual-band complex impedance compression networks (ICNs)
are proposed and applied to the design of rectifying circuits for efficiency improvement. The …

High-efficiency rectifier with wide input power range based on power recycling

YY Xiao, ZX Du, XY Zhang - … on Circuits and Systems II: Express …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this brief, a novel rectifier with power recycling based on a branch-line coupler is
proposed to operate within a wide input power range. In the proposed topology, two output …

Transmission line resistance compression networks and applications to wireless power transfer

TW Barton, JM Gordonson… - IEEE Journal of Emerging …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Microwave-to-dc rectification is valuable in many applications, including RF energy
recovery, dc-dc conversion, and wireless power transfer. In such applications, it is desired …

Single-and dual-band RF rectifiers with extended input power range using automatic impedance transforming

M Huang, YL Lin, JH Ou, X yin Zhang… - IEEE Transactions …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents an automatic impedance transforming technique to extend the radio
frequency rectifier input power range with high conversion efficiency. The rectifier employs …

Solar/electromagnetic energy harvesting and wireless power transmission

K Niotaki, A Collado, A Georgiadis, S Kim… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a review of existing works and solutions in the field of
solar/electromagnetic energy harvesting and wireless power transmission. More specifically …