• DocumentCode
    546535
  • Title

    Broadband bowtie antenna for RF energy scavenging applications

  • Author

    Congedo, F. ; Monti, G. ; Tarricone, L. ; Cannarile, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Innovation for Eng., Univ. of Salento, Lecce, Italy
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    11-15 April 2011
  • Firstpage
    335
  • Lastpage
    337
  • Abstract
    This paper presents a broadband planar antenna; experimental results demonstrate a relative bandwidth of 122%. As an example of application, the antenna is used in the design of a rectenna for RF energy scavenging, with promising performance.
  • Keywords
    bow-tie antennas; broadband antennas; energy harvesting; planar antennas; rectennas; RF energy scavenging; broadband bowtie antenna; rectenna; Broadband antennas; Broadband communication; Energy harvesting; Rectennas; Wireless communication;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Rome
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0250-1
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5782304