Design of Ku-band wireless power transfer system to empower light drones

Gómez‐Tornero, José Luis; Poveda-García, Miguel; Guzman-Quiros, R.; Sanchez-Arnause, Juan Carlos

doi:10.1109/wpt.2016.7498822

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“…• WPT systems for micro UAVs: Recently, Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAV) such as micro drones have attracted significant attention because of their multitude of applications in diverse domains [243]. The wireless charging of these drones is highly desired in order to increase their flight time and thus autonomy [245]. This requires a WPT system for which the use of the AoC is challenging (Section III (F)).…”

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“…Thus, the off-chip antenna of this system can be substituted by the AoC which is not only able to provide a moderate amount of gain, but also capable of reducing the cost and area of the system. Another such WPT system for a microdrone has been proposed in [245] at Ku-band using off-chip leaky wave antenna. This offchip antenna can also be replaced with the AoC which will make this design more compact, low power, costeffective and lightweight.…”

Section: ) Novel Applications Based On Uavs and Aocs: Potentialsmentioning

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The Potentials, Challenges, and Future Directions of On-Chip-Antennas for Emerging Wireless Applications—A Comprehensive Survey

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The ever-growing demand for low power, high performance, cost-effective, low-profile, and highly integrated wireless systems for emerging applications has triggered the need for the enormous innovations in wireless transceiver systems, components, architectures and technologies. This is especially valid for the antenna which is an integral component of the wireless transceiver systems and contributes significantly in determining their overall performance. Antenna-on-Chip (AoC) is an alternative antenna technology, which has drawn a substantial attention in recent days because of its various benefits over off-chip antenna technology. A few of these benefits include miniaturization, low power, low cost, and high integration of the wireless modules. Motivated by these valuable advantages and to unveil the true potential of the AoCs, this article presents, for the first time, a comprehensive survey of the suitability, advantages, and challenges of the AoCs for the emerging wireless applications such as 5th generation (5G) Wireless Systems, Internet-of-Things (IoT) Wireless Devices and Systems, Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs), Wireless Interconnects, Wireless Energy Transfer, Radio Frequency (RF) Energy Harvesting, Biomedical Implants, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), Autonomous vehicles, Innovative characterization methods for Integrated Circuits (ICs) and Antennas, and Smart City. In addition, this article presents the current stateof-the-art of the AoC's applications by classifying their applications in Millimeter-Wave (MM-Wave) band, Terahertz (THz) band, and low-frequency bands. The article also investigates and describes some useful methods for the mitigation of the challenges and issues posed by the emerging applications for the realization of the AoCs in a systematic manner. A concise description of the future directions of the AoCs with respect to each emerging application is also a part of this article. It is expected that this well-structured and organized survey will not only act as an excellent source of scholarship for the relevant research community, but also open up a world of novel research opportunities.

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Section: ) Challenges Few Mitigation Methods and Future Directionsmentioning

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Section: ) Novel Applications Based On Uavs and Aocs: Potentialsmentioning

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“…This system can also work with other communication systems. Another far field WPT example for feeding power to moving objects is conceived in [30] where the authors suggest a high-power RF transmitter at the f = 16 GHz range to wirelessly power a 92x92x29mm 3 drone using a frequency-scanned leaky-wave antenna on the drone. To the best of our knowledge, no conception of a far field SWIPT system, suitable for automation and transportation, has been reported in the literature apart from that in [29].…”

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RF Systems Design for Simultaneous Wireless Information and Power Transfer (SWIPT) in Automation and Transportation

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“…The former one implies the use of WPT to charge the drone itself. The respective solution is discussed in Jawad et al 15 A practical drone charging system based on the magnetic resonance principles is reported in Xiao et al 16 The employment of radio frequency (RF)-based WPT for charging the miniature drones was investigated in Go´mez-Tornero et al 17 The possibility of allocating a designated frequency band for the RF-based WPT to charge the UAVs was proposed in Yong et al 18 Another possibility investigated in the earlier studies is the WPT between the UAV and sensing devices. For example, in Xu et al, 19,20 the mechanisms for defining the optimal path for a drone featuring RF-based WPT were proposed.…”

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Wireless power transfer from unmanned aerial vehicle to low-power wide area network nodes: Performance and business prospects for LoRaWAN

Tiurlikova

Stepanov

Mikhaylov

2019

International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks

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Supported by the remarkable progress across many technological domains, the Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem demonstrates steady growth over the few past years. This growth enables a number of new exciting applications. Nonetheless, hardly one can say today that the utility of the IoT is used to its full potential. This fact is especially notable for the monitoring applications deployed in remote areas. To address the needs of these use cases, in the article we propose a solution based on the combination of three key technologies: the low-power wide area networks, the unmanned aerial vehicles, and the wireless power transfer. In the article, we first detail the novel concept of a wireless power transfer-enabled unmanned aerial vehicle employed to charge the LoRaWAN sensor nodes. Then, via extensive simulations and analysis of an illustrative LoRaWAN application, we investigate both technical and, notably, business performance indicators, and compare them against the ones for a baseline scenario with no unmanned aerial vehicle. Our results illustratively demonstrate that in the long-term perspective, the inclusion of a wireless power transfer-enabled drone may drastically reduce the system's operating expenses. At the very same time, our results highlight the limits, bottlenecks, and trade-offs related to the proposed concept, thus providing the basis and calling for further investigation.

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Design of Ku-band wireless power transfer system to empower light drones

Cited by 21 publications

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The Potentials, Challenges, and Future Directions of On-Chip-Antennas for Emerging Wireless Applications—A Comprehensive Survey

The Potentials, Challenges, and Future Directions of On-Chip-Antennas for Emerging Wireless Applications—A Comprehensive Survey

RF Systems Design for Simultaneous Wireless Information and Power Transfer (SWIPT) in Automation and Transportation

Wireless power transfer from unmanned aerial vehicle to low-power wide area network nodes: Performance and business prospects for LoRaWAN

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