Efficiency in RF energy harvesting systems: A comprehensive review

M Cansiz, D Altinel, GK Kurt - Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
One of the most important research areas searches for new sources of energy and for the
highest efficiency from existing energy sources. Radio frequency (RF) energy harvesting is a …

Magnetically coupled resonance WPT: Review of compensation topologies, resonator structures with misalignment, and EMI diagnostics

M Abou Houran, X Yang, W Chen - Electronics, 2018 - mdpi.com
Magnetically coupled resonance wireless power transfer systems (MCR WPT) have been
developed in recent years. There are several key benefits of such systems, including …

A novel six-band dual CP rectenna using improved impedance matching technique for ambient RF energy harvesting

C Song, Y Huang, P Carter, J Zhou… - … on Antennas and …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A novel six-band dual circular polarization (CP) rectenna for ambient radio frequency (RF)
energy harvesting is presented. Due to the nonlinearity and complex input impedance of the …

Matching network elimination in broadband rectennas for high-efficiency wireless power transfer and energy harvesting

C Song, Y Huang, J Zhou, P Carter… - IEEE Transactions …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Impedance matching networks for nonlinear devices such as amplifiers and rectifiers are
normally very challenging to design, particularly for broadband and multiband devices. A …

Multiport pixel rectenna for ambient RF energy harvesting

S Shen, CY Chiu, RD Murch - IEEE Transactions on Antennas …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We describe the design of a multiport pixel rectenna for ambient radio-frequency (RF)
energy harvesting consisting of an optimized triple-port pixel antenna and a triple-port …

A survey on RF energy harvesting techniques for lifetime enhancement of wireless sensor networks

P Sharma, AK Singh - Sustainable Computing: Informatics and Systems, 2023 - Elsevier
Lifetime enhancement of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) has been a significant challenge
for the researchers for the last two decades. In WSNs, sensor nodes operate in an …

High-efficiency broadband rectifier with wide ranges of input power and output load based on branch-line coupler

XY Zhang, ZX Du, Q Xue - … on Circuits and Systems I: Regular …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this work, a novel rectifier based on a branch-line coupler is proposed to operate within
wide ranges of input power, operating frequency and output load. In the proposed topology …

Maximum achievable power conversion efficiency obtained through an optimized rectenna structure for RF energy harvesting

YS Chen, CW Chiu - IEEE Transactions on Antennas and …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
High-efficiency rectennas for radio frequency (RF) energy harvesting have been studied for
decades, but most of the literature straightforwardly applies the rectenna aiming at dedicated …

An efficient broadband slotted rectenna for wireless power transfer at LTE band

Y Shi, Y Fan, Y Li, L Yang… - IEEE transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A compact and broadband rectifying antenna (rectenna) which consists of a novel slotted
antenna and an efficient rectifying circuit is presented for wireless power transfer at LTE …

High-performance multiband ambient RF energy harvesting front-end system for sustainable IoT applications—A review

YC Lee, H Ramiah, A Choo, KKP Churchill… - IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The increasing demand for wireless Internet of Things (IoT) calls for power efficient RF
energy harvesting approach. The current dominant single-band RF energy harvesting front …