2.4 GHz inkjet-printed RF energy harvester on bulk cardboard substrate

Author

Khonsari, Zahra ; Bjorninen, Toni ; Tentzeris, Manos M. ; Sydanheimo, Lauri ; Ukkonen, Leena

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Commun. Eng., Tampere Univ. of Technol., Tampere, Finland

fYear

2015

fDate

25-28 Jan. 2015

Firstpage

153

Lastpage

155

Abstract

An experimental investigation on the inkjet-printed power harvester for 2.4GHz and review of RF characterization of substrate and printed conductors are presented in this paper. A one stage discrete rectifier based on a voltage doubler structure and a planar monopole antenna are fabricated on cardboard using inkjet printing. The performance of the whole system is examined by measuring the output voltage of the RF power harvester. By the utilization of the proposed idea, the fabrication of low-cost environmentally-friendly battery-less wireless modules is conceivable.

Keywords

energy harvesting; ink jet printing; monopole antennas; planar antennas; RF power harvester; bulk cardboard substrate; inkjet printing; inkjet-printed RF energy harvester; one stage discrete rectifier; planar monopole antenna; printed conductors; voltage doubler structure; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Conductors; Energy harvesting; Radio frequency; Rectifiers; Substrates; Inkjet printing; additive manufacturing; cardboard substrate; energy harvester; planar monopole;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS), 2015 IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RWS.2015.7129721

Filename

7129721