Volume : 4, Issue : 3, March - 2015

A Compact Rectenna for Harvesting the Electromagnetic Energy Associated to Wireless Communication System

Nirmal Patel, Assist. Prof. Monali Dave

Abstract :

<p>&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;nbsp;In recent trend Rectenna (Rectifier Antenna) have received a great deal of attention especially for the standards to&amp;amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;gt;mitigate worse environment condition. Rectenna is widely explored since it gives more benefit than the conventional&amp;amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;gt;antennas which supports multiple operation. A design, simulation and implementation of an efficient Rectenna will&amp;amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;gt;be proposed for energy harvesting. The antenna and its integrated rectifying circuitry for specific resonant frequency can produce dc power&amp;amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;gt;from received electromagnetic waves. 3D electromagnetic field solving software like &amp;amp;amp;ndash; Computer Simulation Technique (CST) studio or National&amp;amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;gt;Instrument&amp;amp;amp;rsquo;s Applied Wave Research (AWR) will be utilized for the simulation and optimization of the proposed Rectenna design structure.&amp;amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;gt;Radiation pattern and its parameters like &amp;amp;amp;ndash; Gain, Directivity, etc. of Rectenna will be tested with the help of available compact range measurement&amp;amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;gt;facility and 2&amp;amp;amp;ndash;D experiment results like &amp;amp;amp;ndash; Return Loss, Voltage Standing Wave Ratio (VSWR), impedance, etc. will be measured using Standard&amp;amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;gt;Vector/Power Network Analyzers.&amp;amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;</p>