We describe the design of a complete system architecture consisting of a textile and flexible substrate- based rectenna. A novel integrated power converter, equipped with a start-up circuit and an energy storage unit, is adopted as the rectenna dynamic load. This unit is able to be autonomously activated by ambient RF energy harvesters. The RF properties of the textile rectenna are computed by nonlinear techniques with textile materials and antenna layout numerically characterized by means of EM simulations. The system is designed to simultaneously recover RF energy from GSM 900, GSM 1800 and WiFi sources.
Costanzo, A., Masotti, D. (2015). Energy Autonomous RF systems for wearable applications.
Energy Autonomous RF systems for wearable applications
COSTANZO, ALESSANDRA;MASOTTI, DIEGO
2015
Abstract
We describe the design of a complete system architecture consisting of a textile and flexible substrate- based rectenna. A novel integrated power converter, equipped with a start-up circuit and an energy storage unit, is adopted as the rectenna dynamic load. This unit is able to be autonomously activated by ambient RF energy harvesters. The RF properties of the textile rectenna are computed by nonlinear techniques with textile materials and antenna layout numerically characterized by means of EM simulations. The system is designed to simultaneously recover RF energy from GSM 900, GSM 1800 and WiFi sources.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
