DocumentCode
904897
Title
A novel dual-frequency circularly polarized rectenna
Author
Heikkinen, Jouko ; Kivikoski, Markku
Author_Institution
Inst. of Electron., Tampere Univ. of Technol., Finland
Volume
2
Issue
1
fYear
2003
fDate
6/25/1905 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
330
Lastpage
333
Abstract
A novel dual-frequency circularly polarized shorted ring-slot rectenna (rectifying antenna) for wireless power transmission at 2.45 and 5.8 GHz is proposed. The rectenna is composed of two nested microstrip-fed shorted annular ring-slot antennas and two rectifier circuits. Output DC voltage of over 2 V at the lower frequency band and over 1 V at the higher frequency band is achieved at a transmission distance of 2 m.
Keywords
UHF antennas; antenna feeds; electric potential; electromagnetic wave polarisation; microstrip circuits; microwave power transmission; multifrequency antennas; rectifiers; slot antennas; 2 m; 2.45 GHz; 5.8 GHz; circularly polarized antenna; dual-frequency antenna; microstrip feed; rectenna; rectifier circuits; rectifying antenna; shorted ring-slot antenna; transmission distance; wireless power transmission; Antenna feeds; Antenna measurements; Circuits; Laminates; Patch antennas; Polarization; Radiofrequency identification; Rectennas; Rectifiers; Voltage;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1536-1225
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/LAWP.2004.824166
Filename
1268482
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