학술논문

High-efficiency rectifier circuit at 2.45 GHz for low-input-power RF energy harvesting
Document Type
Conference
Source
2013 European Microwave Conference Microwave Conference (EuMC), 2013 European. :507-510 Oct, 2013
Subject
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Rectifiers
Radio frequency
Schottky diodes
Impedance
Harmonic analysis
Integrated circuit modeling
Rectennas
rectifier circuit
RF-DC conversion efficiency
Schottky diode
wireless power transmission
harvesting
Language
Abstract
This paper presents a new approach for a high-efficiency rectifier circuit design at 2.45 GHz. Due to nonlinear behavior it is not trivial to predict a correct model of a Schottky diode. When modeling, one should take into account the presence of the harmonics. To increase the conversion efficiency an electromagnetic resonant phenomenon is necessary. To validate this method, we developed a rectifier circuit capable of recovering signals at 2.45 GHz with a high RF-DC efficiency conversion. The prototype shows a maximum conversion efficiency of 70.4% for a RF input power of 0 dBm at 2.45 GHz.