DocumentCode :
494242
Title :
Wireless powering of sensors inside concrete using a reconfigurable Sierpinski Gasket Antenna
Author :
Punjala, Shishir Shanker ; Makki, Kia
Author_Institution :
Telecommun. & Inf. Technol. Inst., Florida Int. Univ., Miami, FL
fYear :
2009
fDate :
23-27 March 2009
Firstpage :
3742
Lastpage :
3743
Abstract :
Sensors that are buried inside concrete for various data collection purposes are usually powered with batteries or wires. The concept of wireless powering arises from the fact that sensors could also be powered from the power delivered to the load resistance of the antenna. The antenna used in this paper is the Sierpinski gasket antenna [1] (inside concrete) has to absorb power from the plane wave incident on concrete. A fractal surface has a larger surface area means that the fractal antenna is an ideal choice to power a sensor inside concrete since the surface area is much larger. Concrete was modeled in HFSS according to the parameters in previous research papers [2].
Keywords :
antennas; concrete; sensors; antenna load resistance; concrete plane wave incidence; data collection purposes; reconfigurable Sierpinski gasket antenna; sensor wireless powering; Building materials; Concrete; Conducting materials; Frequency; Gaskets; Permittivity; Receiving antennas; Surface resistance; Switches; Wireless sensor networks;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation, 2009. EuCAP 2009. 3rd European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Berlin
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4753-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-3-00-024573-2
Type :
conf
Filename :
5068403
Link To Document :
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