An Integrated RF Energy Harvester for UHF Wireless Powering Applications

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作者
Scorcioni, S. [1 ]
Larcher, L. [1 ]
Bertacchini, A. [1 ]
Vincetti, L. [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Modena & Reggio Emilia, DISMI, I-42122 Reggio Emilia, Italy
[2] Univ Modenae Reggio Emilia, DIEF, I-41125 Modena, Italy
关键词
CMOS technology; Remote Powering; RF-DC Power converters; DESIGN;
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TE [石油、天然气工业]; TK [能源与动力工程];
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0807 ; 0820 ;
摘要
A RF energy harvester comprised of an integrated differential RF-DC converter and a differential PCB custom antenna is presented for wireless powering applications in the UHF band. The RF-DC converter, based on a reconfigurable voltage rectifier directly connected to a matched PCB antenna, is designed for high efficiency and sensitivity. Prototypes of the RF-DC converter realized in CMOS 130nm technology show a -16dBm sensitivity and a 60% peak efficiency. The RF-DC converters operate within the -16dBm divided by 0dBm input power range with an efficiency which remains above the 40% for more than 10dB. The RF energy harvester operates on the 840MHz divided by 975MHz band thanks to the ad-hoc designed wide-band differential antenna.
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页码:92 / 95
页数:4
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