Title :
Inkjet-printed monopole antenna and voltage doubler on cardboard for RF energy harvesting
Author :
Zahra Khonsari;Toni Björninen;Lauri Sydänheimo;Manos Tentzeris;Leena Ukkonen
Author_Institution :
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Tampere University of Technology, Finland
fDate :
7/1/2015 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We outline the development of an RF energy harvester manufactured on regular packaging cardboard using the inkjet-printing technology. The harvester is composed of a planar monopole antenna, impedance matching network and a voltage doubler circuit. The paper summarizes the procedure of achieving highly conductive traces on rough and porous cardboard, describes the circuit and antenna design, and presents simulated and measured results.
Keywords :
"Radio frequency","Antennas","Antenna measurements","Substrates","Energy harvesting","Ink","Transmission line measurements"
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation & USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, 2015 IEEE International Symposium on
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2015.7305045
