Efficient design of rectifying antennas for low power detection

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Marian, Vlad ^a   Menudier, Cyrille ^b   Thevenot, Marc ^b   Vollaire, Christian ^a   Verdier, Jacques ^a   Allard, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

Author keywords

Nonlinear circuit; Rectenna; RF to DC conversion; Wireless Energy Transfer

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA IMPEDANCE; EFFICIENT DESIGNS; GLOBAL DESIGN; INPUT POWER; LOW POWER; NONLINEAR BEHAVIOR; NONLINEAR CIRCUIT; POWER LEVELS; RECTENNAS; RECTIFYING ANTENNAS; RF TO DC CONVERSION; SIMULATION RESULT; SPECIFIC DESIGN; WIRELESS ENERGY; WIRELESS ENERGY TRANSFER;

ANTENNAS; DC POWER TRANSMISSION; DISTILLATION; ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; ENERGY TRANSFER; RECTIFYING CIRCUITS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 80052341995     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2011.5972862     Document Type: Conference Paper

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