Parametric analysis and design guidelines of RF-to-DC Dickson charge pumps for RFID energy harvesting

Marshall, Blake R.; Morys, Marcin M.; Durgin, Gregory D.

doi:10.1109/rfid.2015.7113070

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“…This section proposes a method to activate the footer switch by stepping-up the photodiode output voltage using a Dickson charge pump. The Dickson charge pump is a switch-capacitor circuit that can rectify and multiply the AC input voltage by an integer multiple [13,[28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38]. This work uses the Dickson charge pump in its passively self-powered configuration.…”

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“…Of these, the optical harvesting applications all involve stepping up the output voltage of photovoltaics with an actively-clocked charge pump [13,28,29]. The passive Dickson charge pump is popular in RF energy harvesting circuits as a step-up rectifier, since the antenna's output voltage is rarely high enough to power integrated electronics [33][34][35][36][37]. In RF applications, the antenna must be coupled to the charge pump via a matching network.…”

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Zero Standby Solutions with Optical Energy Harvesting from a Laser Pointer

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Despite recent efforts to reduce standby power consumption in plug loads, new trends in the miniaturization and wide distribution of electronics necessitates devices with zero standby consumption. This work introduces two zero standby solutions that wake a device using an external input of energy harvested from a 5 mW laser pointer. These solutions are applicable to electronics that are remotely activated or have a fiber optic connection. The first utilizes a cascoded header switch to allow for simultaneous low-voltage harvesting and high-voltage blocking. The second involves the use of a charge pump to boost the harvested voltage to a level appropriate for the gate of a high-voltage switch. Prototypes for each method are developed in order to demonstrate functionality and identify the associated benefits and drawbacks. The results show that combining the two methods allows for optimal activation range (up to 25 m) and component count.

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“…RF harvesting is based on the rectification and filtering of high frequency signals, which is inherently a highly non-linear process that challenges the impedance adaptation process. Several rectifier architectures such as the Garetz bridge [2,[28][29][30], variations of the Dickson charge pump-rectifier circuits [31][32][33], or the Grenache rectifier [8][9][10][11][12][13], are commonly used in RFEH systems. In this design, the Garetz or bridge full wave rectifier has been chosen due to its simplicity and the fact that it is able to supply enough voltage to activate the input port of the BQ25570 nano power boost charger IC.…”

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Metamaterial Impedance Matching Network for Ambient RF-Energy Harvesting Operating at 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz

Coskuner

García‐García

2021

Electronics

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This paper points out the viability of the utilization of metamaterial transmission lines as a multifrequency impedance matching network, improving RF-Energy Harvesting systems operating around 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz. Metamaterial transmission lines introduce additional degrees of freedom in the transmission line design, providing the possibility to match the impedance in multiple bands. The impedance matching structure has been designed and optimized using ADS simulator to match the input impedance of a four-diode-bridge rectifier connected to an energy management system. The proposed Metamaterial Impedance Matching Network (MIMN) has been fabricated using standard PCB technologies and tested in a full operative ambient RF-Energy Harvesting System obtaining a DC output voltage of 1.8 V in a 6.8 mF supercapacitor.

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“…With the advances and popularity of wireless communication devices, a large amount of abundant RF energy from surrounding sources are scattered in our environment. Using an appropriate antenna/rectenna, these electromagnetic waves can be converted into electrical energy . As linearly polarized antenna receives only noise signals when the receiving antenna is not aligned with the polarization of existing electromagnetic waves .…”

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A dual-band efficient circularly polarized rectenna for RF energy harvesting systems

Jie

Nasimuddin

Karim

et al. 2018

Int J RF Microw Comput Aided Eng

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A multilayered circularly polarized (CP), dual-band, stacked slit-/slotted-patch antenna with compact size and with compact rectifier is offered for RF energy harvesting systems. The compact dual-band CP antenna size is able to achieve by stacking slotted-circular-patch (SCP) on the substrate above the tapered-slitoctagon patch (TSOP). Dual-band CP radiation is realized by stacking the SCP on the TSOP and the microstrip feedline with metallic-via to SCP. Eight-tapered-slit with length difference of 6.25% are embedded along the octagonal directions symmetrically on the TSOP from the patch's center and two unequal size circular slots are embedded in diagonal axis onto SCP to produce dual-orthogonal modes with almost equal magnitude for CP waves. The designed antenna is realized measured gain of greater than 5.2 dBic across the band (0.908-0.922 GHz) with maximum gain of 5.41 dBic at 0.918 GHz and gain of greater than 6.14 dBic across the band (2.35-2.50 GHz) with maximum gain of 7.94 dBic at 2.485 GHz. An overall antenna volume is 0.36λ o × 0.36λ o × 0.026λ o (λ o is free space wavelength at 0.9 GHz). A compact composite right-/left-handed (CRLH) based rectifier with dual-band at 0.9 and 2.45 GHz is designed, prototyped, and measured. The righthanded (RH) part of the CRLH transmission line (TL) is formed by a microstrip line. The left-handed (LH) part of the CRLH-TL is formed by lumped components. The measured RF-DC conversion efficiency is 43% at 0.9 GHz and 39% at 2.45 GHz with rectifier size of 0.18λ o × 0.075λ o × 0.0002λ o at 0.9 GHz.

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Parametric analysis and design guidelines of RF-to-DC Dickson charge pumps for RFID energy harvesting

Cited by 25 publications

References 26 publications

Zero Standby Solutions with Optical Energy Harvesting from a Laser Pointer

Zero Standby Solutions with Optical Energy Harvesting from a Laser Pointer

Metamaterial Impedance Matching Network for Ambient RF-Energy Harvesting Operating at 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz

A dual-band efficient circularly polarized rectenna for RF energy harvesting systems

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