EM characterization of a patch antenna with thermo-electric generator and Solar Cell for hybrid Energy Harvesting

Author

Virili, Marco ; Georgiadis, Apostolos ; Collado, Ana ; Mezzanotte, Paolo ; Roselli, Luca

Author_Institution

Dept. of Eng., Univ. of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

fYear

2015

fDate

25-28 Jan. 2015

Firstpage

44

Lastpage

46

Abstract

The design and the radiation performance of a novel hybrid Energy Harvesting (EH) and wireless communication system based on a quarter-wave patch antenna with integrated modules for EH applications are documented in this paper. A Thermo-Electric Generator (TEG) and a Solar Cell (SC) are used in order to harvest concurrently thermal and solar energy providing a hybrid EH system. The antenna, with the harvesting modules stacked on it, operates in the Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) frequency band 2.4-2.48 GHz showing a reflection coefficient below the -10 dB and a maximum gain of about 2.6 dB. The antenna can be used for wireless communication or, alternatively, to perform Electro-Magnetic (EM) energy scavenging by mounting a voltage rectifier at its terminals.

Keywords

energy harvesting; microstrip antennas; rectifiers; solar cells; thermoelectric conversion; EH applications; EM characterization; Industrial Scientific and Medical frequency; electromagnetic energy scavenging; frequency 2.4 GHz to 2.48 GHz; hybrid EH system; hybrid energy harvesting; integrated modules; patch antenna; quarter-wave patch antenna; reflection coefficient; solar cell; solar energy; thermal energy; thermo-electric generator; voltage rectifier; wireless communication system; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Patch antennas; Photovoltaic cells; Reflector antennas; Wireless communication; Energy harvesting; Patch antennas; Solar energy; TEG; Thermal energy; Wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS), 2015 IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RWS.2015.7129773

Filename

7129773