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A 2.45-GHz dual-diode rectenna and rectenna arrays for wireless remote supply applications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 June 2011

Hakim Takhedmit ,
Laurent Cirio ,
Boubekeur Merabet ,
Bruno Allard ,
François Costa ,
Christian Vollaire  and
Odile Picon
Hakim Takhedmit*
Affiliation:
Université Paris-Est, Laboratoire ESYCOM (EA2552), UPEMLV, 5 Bd Descartes, 77454 Marne-la-Vallée, Cedex 2, France. Phone: + 33160957279. Laboratoire AMPERE – UMR 5005, EC-INSA Lyon, 36 Av Guy de Collongue, 69130 Lyon, France.
Laurent Cirio
Affiliation:
Université Paris-Est, Laboratoire ESYCOM (EA2552), UPEMLV, 5 Bd Descartes, 77454 Marne-la-Vallée, Cedex 2, France. Phone: + 33160957279.
Boubekeur Merabet
Affiliation:
Laboratoire SATIE - UMR 8029, ENS Cachan, 61 Av du président Wilson, 94235 Cachan, France. Laboratoire AMPERE – UMR 5005, EC-INSA Lyon, 36 Av Guy de Collongue, 69130 Lyon, France.
Bruno Allard
Affiliation:
Laboratoire AMPERE – UMR 5005, EC-INSA Lyon, 36 Av Guy de Collongue, 69130 Lyon, France.
François Costa
Affiliation:
Laboratoire SATIE - UMR 8029, ENS Cachan, 61 Av du président Wilson, 94235 Cachan, France.
Christian Vollaire
Affiliation:
Laboratoire AMPERE – UMR 5005, EC-INSA Lyon, 36 Av Guy de Collongue, 69130 Lyon, France.
Odile Picon
Affiliation:
Université Paris-Est, Laboratoire ESYCOM (EA2552), UPEMLV, 5 Bd Descartes, 77454 Marne-la-Vallée, Cedex 2, France. Phone: + 33160957279.
*
Corresponding author: H. Takhedmit Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

This paper describes a compact and efficient rectenna based on a dual-diode microstrip rectifier at 2.45 GHz. This circuit has been designed and optimized using a global analysis technique which associates electromagnetic and circuit approaches. Due to the differential topology of the rectifier, neither input low-pass filter nor via-hole connections are needed. This makes the structure more compact reducing losses. Measurements of a single rectenna element show 83% efficiency over an optimal load of 1050 Ω at a power density of 0.31 mW/cm2. To increase the received RF power and then increase dc power over the load, identical rectennas have been interconnected to form arrays. Two and four elements rectenna arrays, connected either in parallel or in series, have been developed. It was shown that by properly choosing the interconnection topology and the optimal output load, higher dc voltage or dc power have been obtained. The four-element series-connected array can provide experimentally up to 3.85 times output dc voltage compared to the single rectenna. The parallel-connected rectenna arrays generate approximately 2.15 and 3.75 times output dc power for two and four elements, respectively.

Keywords

rectennasrectenna arraysRF-to-dc conversionefficiencyrectifiersSchottky diodefinite difference time domain (FDTD)ISM bandfrequency 2.45 GHzelectromagnetic/circuit approachglobal analysis techniquemicrowave circuitsplanar antennasseries interconnectionparallel interconnection
Type
Research Papers
Information
International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies , Volume 3 , Special Issue 3: Special Issue on European Microwave Week 2010 , June 2011 , pp. 251 - 258
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press and the European Microwave Association 2011

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