A cm-Scale 2.4-GHz Wireless Energy Harvester With NanoWatt Boost Converter and Antenna-Rectifier Resonance for WiFi Powering of Sensor Nodes

Autor: Arun Natarajan, Jian Kang, Kamala Raghavan Sadagopan, Yogesh Ramadass
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits. 53:3396-3406
ISSN: 1558-173X
0018-9200
DOI: 10.1109/jssc.2018.2875465
Popis: The widespread use of WiFi in the 2.4-GHz ISM band creates the potential for RF powering using WiFi radios. This paper presents the design of a cm-scale RF-energy harvester including antenna, rectifier, and dc–dc boost converter for RF powering in the 2.4-GHz ISM band. The rectifier and boost converter are designed while considering cold-start operation and nanowatt-scale available power from the rectifier for RF incident power $\times $ and ~2 $\times $ improvement in range compared to prior art. Measurements using a commercial WiFi TX demonstrate the ranges of up to 1.25 m for 14-dBm output power with 1.3% TX duty-cycling in WiFi access-point mode, demonstrating the feasibility of powering sensors from RF power beacons in the 2.4-GHz ISM band as well as from background WiFi transmissions.
Databáze: OpenAIRE