Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Vol 24, No 1: October 2021

Compact dual-band RF rectifier for wireless energy harvesting using CRLH technique

Marwa Jasim Alhily (Al-Furat Al-Awsat Technical University)
Nasr Al-Khafaji (Al-Furat Al-Awsat Technical University)
Salim Wadi (Al-Furat Al-Awsat Technical University)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Oct 2021

Abstract

In this paper, a new dual-band radio frequency (RF) rectifier was designed. The proposed design is a low-profile structure with dimensions of 5×5.5 mm2 owing to the use of lumped elements rather than the conventional transmission lines which occupy large footprints. This property can be potentially exploited to use the proposed rectifier in high dense rectenna arrays to generate high output direct current (DC) voltages. Furthermore, the proposed design adopts the composite right/left-handed composite right left-handed (CRLH) technique to realize the dual-band structure at frequencies of 1.8 and 2.4 GHz. Afterward, the matching circuit was optimized to make sure that it offers good matching. The frequency response shows good matching at both bands which are about -22 and -25 dB respectively. Eventually, the simulated circuit has a conversion efficiency of 52% and output voltages of 0.5 V at -5 dBm for the two bands.

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