A Rectenna Design With Harmonic-Rejecting Circular-Sector Antenna

被引:106
作者
Park, Ji-Yong [1 ]
Han, Sang-Min [1 ]
Itoh, Tatsuo [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Elect Engn, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA
来源
IEEE ANTENNAS AND WIRELESS PROPAGATION LETTERS | 2004年 / 3卷
关键词
Circular-sector antenna; harmonic rejection; rectenna;
D O I
10.1109/LAWP.2004.827889
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A rectenna designed with a microstrip harmonic-rejecting circular sector antenna at 2.4 GHz is proposed. As compared to a conventional microstrip square-patch antenna, the circular sector antenna using inset feeding exhibits high reflection coefficients at the second and the third harmonics generated by a diode. The rectenna with integrated circular sector antenna can eliminate the need for an lowpass filter (LPF) placed between the antenna and the diode as well as produce higher output power, with maximum conversion efficiency of 77.8% using a 150-Omega load resistor.
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页码:52 / 54
页数:3
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