An improved detector topology for a rectenna

Author

Mbombolo, Steve Eden Fila ; Park, Chan Wang

Author_Institution

Univ. du Quebec a Rimouski, Rimouski, QC, Canada

fYear

2011

Firstpage

23

Lastpage

26

Abstract

This paper introduces an improved detector topology which is used to design the rectifier that is a part of a rectenna, operating in the S-band. Our proposition adds a third diode into the conventional half bridge detector, leading to improve the output DC voltage and to reduce the harmonics power level. Then, a rectifying circuit is built using two approaches. The first rectifier is based on a HSMS2822 doubler with a HSMS2820 diode. While the second rectifier uses a HSMS282P quad. We have achieved a RF-DC conversion efficiency of 57% at 2.45 GHz and of 72% at 2.1 GHz, respectively for the first and the second rectifier.

Keywords

UHF antennas; bridge circuits; rectennas; rectifiers; HSMS2820 diode; HSMS2822 doubler; HSMS282P quad; RF-DC conversion efficiency; S-band; detector topology; frequency 2.1 GHz; frequency 2.45 GHz; half bridge detector; rectenna; rectifier; third diode; Bridge circuits; Detectors; Power harmonic filters; Rectennas; Rectifiers; Schottky diodes; Topology; RF detector; microwave rectifier; rectenna; wireless power transmission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Workshop Series on Innovative Wireless Power Transmission: Technologies, Systems, and Applications (IMWS), 2011 IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Uji, Kyoto

ISSN

2157-362X

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-214-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMWS.2011.5877083

Filename

5877083