Title :
Highly efficient UHF energy harvesting module for RFID applications
Author :
Mouris, Boules A. ; Eshrah, Islam A.
Author_Institution :
Electron. & Electr. Commun., Cairo Univ., Giza, Egypt
Abstract :
UHF energy harvesting module for energizing Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) systems was designed, fabricated, and tested to work at 900 MHz. A Schottky diode-based single stage voltage doubler was used for DC voltage generation, simple rectangular microstrip patch antenna was used to test the performance of the fabricated module. Results shows RF-to-DC conversion efficiency up to 77%.
Keywords :
energy harvesting; microwave power transmission; radiofrequency identification; rectennas; rectifying circuits; telecommunication power supplies; DC voltage generation; RF-to-DC conversion; RFID application; Schottky diode based single stage voltage doubler; UHF energy harvesting module; frequency 900 MHz; rectangular microstrip patch antenna; Antennas; Harmonic analysis; Monitoring; Radiofrequency identification; Substrates;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Memphis, TN
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-3538-3
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2014.6904978
