Title :
Rectifier Antenna Design for Wireless Sensor Networks
Author :
Tudose, D.S. ; Voinescu, Andrei
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Comput. Sci. & Comput. Eng., Polytech. Univ. of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
Abstract :
Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) is a technology which is increasingly implemented in a multitude of data acquisition, data processing, and control applications. A rectifier antenna, or rectenna is a device used to convert radio frequency energy into electrical energy through the use of a rectifier circuit attached directly to a regular antenna. For most purposes, rectennas are used for microwave energy transmission, due to their high efficiency in converting microwaves into electrical energy. In this paper, we study the efficiency of rectifier antennas in harvesting energy and their applicability for powering Wireless Sensor Nodes.
Keywords :
UHF antennas; data acquisition; energy harvesting; microstrip antennas; rectennas; wireless sensor networks; WSN; control applications; data acquisition; data processing; electrical energy conversion; energy harvesting; microwave energy transmission; radio frequency energy conversion; rectenna; rectifier antenna design; rectifier circuit; wireless sensor networks; wireless sensor nodes; Arrays; Patch antennas; Rectennas; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; Energy Harvesting; Rectifier Antenna; Wireless Sensor Networks;
Conference_Titel :
Control Systems and Computer Science (CSCS), 2013 19th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Bucharest
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-6140-8
DOI :
10.1109/CSCS.2013.42
