Rectifier circuits for RF energy harvesting and wireless power transfer applications: A comprehensive review based on operating conditions

MA Halimi, T Khan, AA Kishk… - IEEE Microwave …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Low-power wireless sensors will play a big role in smart city applications. These sensors
require a power supply to function. Batteries are not optimal for such numerous sensor …

Harvesting systems for rf energy: trends, challenges, techniques, and tradeoffs

S Muhammad, JJ Tiang, SK Wong, AH Rambe, I Adam… - Electronics, 2022 - mdpi.com
The RFEH design challenges can be broadly classified into overall radio frequency direct
current (RF-to-DC) power conversion efficiency (PCE), form factor, operational bandwidth …

A broadband high-efficiency RF rectifier for ambient RF energy harvesting

W Liu, K Huang, T Wang, Z Zhang… - IEEE Microwave and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this letter, a compact broadband high-efficiency RF rectifier is presented for ambient RF
energy harvesting (EH). A novel impedance matching network with an additional quarter …

High-efficiency rectifier with wide input power range based on power recycling

YY Xiao, ZX Du, XY Zhang - … on Circuits and Systems II: Express …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this brief, a novel rectifier with power recycling based on a branch-line coupler is
proposed to operate within a wide input power range. In the proposed topology, two output …

Compact and efficient broadband rectifier using T-type matching network

S Yu, F Cheng, C Gu, C Wang… - IEEE Microwave and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this letter, a multioctave voltage doubler rectifier using a T-type matching network is
demonstrated. The voltage doubler topology is used to flatten the load impedance, which …

Broad dual-band rectifier with wide input power ranges for wireless power transfer and energy harvesting

D Lee, J Oh - IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter presents a broad dual-band rectifier with a wide input power range that employs a
dual-band matched voltage doubler (DMVD). The DMVD is composed of a voltage doubler …

Compact high-efficiency broadband rectifier based on coupled transmission line

H He, H Lin, P Wu, Q Li, C Liu - IEEE Transactions on Circuits …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this brief, a compact high-efficiency broadband rectifier with an extended range of input
power is proposed for the applications in wireless energy harvesting (EH). In the rectifier, a …

Broadband circularly polarized rectenna with wide dynamic-power-range for efficient wireless power transfer

ZX Du, SF Bo, YF Cao, JH Ou, XY Zhang - IEEE Access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a circularly polarized (CP) rectenna with the advantage of achieving
high efficiency in both wide operating power and frequency ranges. The proposed rectenna …

High-efficiency microwave rectifier with coupled transmission line for low-power energy harvesting and wireless power transmission

F Zhao, D Inserra, G Gao, Y Huang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, a Schottky diode-based microwave rectifier that employs coupled transmission
lines (CTLs) is proposed. CTL is herein used to enhance the voltage amplitude across the …

Compact rectifier array with wide input power and frequency ranges based on adaptive power distribution

J Kim, J Oh - IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This study presents a compact rectifier array with an adaptive power distribution network
(APDN). The rectifier array comprises rectifier cell 1 for both high-power mode and high …