DocumentCode
28031
Title
Energy harvesting from ambient electromagnetic wave using human body as antenna
Author
Hwang, Joo ; Hyoung, C.H. ; Park, K.H. ; Kim, Y.T.
Author_Institution
Electron. & Telecommun. Res. Inst., Daejeon, South Korea
Volume
49
Issue
2
fYear
2013
fDate
January 17 2013
Firstpage
149
Lastpage
151
Abstract
The feasibility of energy harvesting using the human body, which is used instead of a general antenna as an antenna in a low-frequency band to harvest energy included in an ambient electromagnetic wave, is investigated. Using the presented method, it is possible to harvest much more power in comparison with that possible with the previous method, in which a general antenna is used to harvest power in the high-frequency band. Also, this method can be easily applied to mobile devices because no antenna is required.
Keywords
HF antennas; electromagnetic waves; energy harvesting; ambient electromagnetic wave; energy harvesting; high-frequency band antenna; human body; low-frequency band antenna; mobile devices;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el.2012.3129
Filename
6420106
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