Abstract
Two rectennas are presented. One consists of a printed 5O antenna, connected to a loaded voltage doubling rectifier through a LC impedance matching network. The other one consists of a printed loop antenna, complex conjugately impedance-matched to the same rectifier. The second rectenna is reduced in size by a factor of more than four with respect to the first rectenna and showing a 55% RF-to-DC power conversion efficiency at an input power level of -10 dBm. This is a 5% improvement with respect to the 5O-based rectenna.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 6-11 July 2014 , Memphis, Tennessee |
Place of Publication | Piscataway |
Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
Pages | 1401-1402 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-1-4799-3538-3 |
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Publication status | Published - 2014 |