A Review on Antenna Technologies for Ambient RF Energy Harvesting and Wireless Power Transfer: Designs, Challenges and Applications

Ullah, Md. Amanath; Keshavarz, Rasool; Abolhasan, Mehran; Lipman, Justin; Esselle, Karu P.; Shariati, Negin

doi:10.1109/access.2022.3149276

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“…The receiving antenna should be low profile, given the low size of the sensors. A review of commonly considered minimization techniques is provided in [ 54 ].…”

Section: Rectenna Design Issuesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…To capture the most power while maintaining acceptable dimensions, a compromise must be made between the different characteristics of the receiving antenna. The conversion efficiency

of the antenna is evaluated, considering losses in dielectrics, conductors, and other materials as follows [ 54 ]:

where

is the reflection coefficient,

is the radiation resistance, and

the resistance of material loss in the antenna.…”

Section: Rectenna Design Issuesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Radiofrequency Energy Harvesting Systems for Internet of Things Applications: A Comprehensive Overview of Design Issues

Mouapi

2022

Sensors

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Radiofrequency energy harvesting (RF-EH) solutions have evolved significantly in recent years due to the ubiquity of electromagnetic waves in any environment. This review presents a comprehensive report on autonomous wireless sensor (WS) design considerations based on RF-EH. The obtainability of RF-EH-WS is driven by development efforts in the areas of RF-EH circuit design, known as rectifying antenna (Rectenna), the minimization of the energy budget of WS (MEB-WS), and finally, power management modules (PMM). The PMM aims to optimize the energy efficiency of the WS. In addition to these three factors, examining the RF power levels harvested related to the rectenna feeding technique (RFT) is essential. Since we did not find any review presenting a holistic view of these design considerations, we strived to provide a detailed picture of recent advances and new enhancements in this review. To address this issue, this review gives an overview of the seminal and contemporary studies in the RF-EH-WS field. The IoT issues are also discussed in terms of their basic requirement to support reduced size or miniaturized smart objects, which are common matters in current applications of WS nodes. Potential open issues that might be considered for future research are also discussed in this article. For a more detailed description of all presented concepts, many significant references are provided for the readers.

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“…The receiving antenna should be low profile, given the low size of the sensors. A review of commonly considered minimization techniques is provided in [ 54 ].…”

Section: Rectenna Design Issuesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…To capture the most power while maintaining acceptable dimensions, a compromise must be made between the different characteristics of the receiving antenna. The conversion efficiency

of the antenna is evaluated, considering losses in dielectrics, conductors, and other materials as follows [ 54 ]:

where

is the reflection coefficient,

is the radiation resistance, and

the resistance of material loss in the antenna.…”

Section: Rectenna Design Issuesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Radiofrequency Energy Harvesting Systems for Internet of Things Applications: A Comprehensive Overview of Design Issues

Mouapi

2022

Sensors

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“…11) [12]. It operates with sub-0.5V supply voltage to be compatible with the low output voltage of energy harvesters [39,40] while maintaining the overall performance. The proposed work has a similar architecture to [21], except that the resistance in two RC branches of the RC-network are unequal.…”

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Fully-Integrated Timers for Ultra-Low-Power Internet-of-Things Nodes—Fundamentals and Design Techniques

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Driven by the momentum toward compact and low-power Internet-of-Things (IoT) systems, the research on fully-integrated and energy-efficient kHz-to-MHz timers increased explosively. This article examines recent publications on timers and classifies them into two major categories: open-loop-based and close-loop-based timers. Upon introducing the basic parameters for characterizing a timer, we perform an extensive investigation to gain insights into recent state-of-the-art works. We also discuss in detail the comparison between the two classes of timers. With the aid of the state-of-the-art, we present a comprehensive review from multiple perspectives, such as Energy Efficiency, Temperature Coefficient, Temperature Range, Figure-of-Merit, etc.

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“…In the majority of the WSN applications, including the ones reported above, the WSN benefits from having several sensors scattered in large natural areas, e.g., large portions of forest, to build a robust detection network [ 17 ]. From a practical point of view, it is then desirable that the BS is capable of covering its surroundings in an omnidirectional manner.…”

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Implementation of a WSN for Environmental Monitoring: From the Base Station to the Small Sensor Node

Oliveira

Reis²,

Caldeirinha³

2022

Sensors

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In this paper, the implementation of a Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) for environmental monitoring (EM) is presented. It includes the design, implementation and experimental characterization of a multi-sector base station (BS) antenna composed of several microstrip Quasi-Yagi elements and the implementation and experimental characterization of a reduced form factor antenna for the sensor nodes (SN). Subsequently, it reports the implementation of a WSN based on Lopy4 transceivers, using the developed BS and SN antennas. Finally, experimental results obtained on the field to evaluate the performance of the network in terms of maximum coverage distance and coverage area are presented. According to the field tests, the connectivity between the sensor nodes and the developed WSN base station is confirmed at distances above 3.5 km and for all the antenna sectors of the multi-sector BS attaining a 360∘ of field of view.

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A Review on Antenna Technologies for Ambient RF Energy Harvesting and Wireless Power Transfer: Designs, Challenges and Applications

Cited by 99 publications

References 286 publications

Radiofrequency Energy Harvesting Systems for Internet of Things Applications: A Comprehensive Overview of Design Issues

Radiofrequency Energy Harvesting Systems for Internet of Things Applications: A Comprehensive Overview of Design Issues

Fully-Integrated Timers for Ultra-Low-Power Internet-of-Things Nodes—Fundamentals and Design Techniques

Implementation of a WSN for Environmental Monitoring: From the Base Station to the Small Sensor Node

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