5.8 GHz circular polarized rectenna for microwave power transmission

Author

Strassner, Bemdie ; Chang, Kai

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

1458

Abstract

This paper introduces a new circular polarized (CP) high-efficiency rectifying antenna (rectenna) array. The array elements are etched on Rogers Duroid 5870 substrate with ε_r=2.33 and 10 mil thickness. The rectenna uses a dual rhombic loop antenna with a circular polarized gain of 11.7 dB and a beamwidth of 45°/55°. The rectenna circuit has a coplanar stripline (CPS) low pass filter (LPF) which suppresses harmonics below 15 dB. The maximum RF to DC conversion efficiency of the rectenna´s diode is 67%

Keywords

coplanar transmission lines; harmonics suppression; loop antennas; microstrip filters; microwave antenna arrays; microwave filters; microwave power transmission; passive filters; polarisation; strip lines; 10 mm; 5.8 GHz; 67 percent; RF to DC conversion efficiency; Rogers Duroid 5870 substrate; circular polarized gain; circular polarized rectenna; coplanar stripline; dual rhombic loop antenna; etched array elements; harmonics suppression; high-efficiency rectifying antenna; low pass filter; microwave power transmission; rectenna array; rectenna circuit; Antenna arrays; Circuits; Etching; Gain; Low pass filters; Polarization; Power harmonic filters; Radio frequency; Rectennas; Stripline;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Energy Conversion Engineering Conference and Exhibit, 2000. (IECEC) 35th Intersociety

Conference_Location

Las Vegas, NV

Print_ISBN

1-56347-375-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECEC.2000.870964

Filename

870964