Enhancement of Rectenna Performance Using Artificial Magnetic Conductor for Energy Harvesting Applications

Abu, Maisarah and Jamil Kher, M. S.A and Izahar, Nurul hafiza and A. Latif, A. Fuad and Zabri, S.N. (2015) Enhancement of Rectenna Performance Using Artificial Magnetic Conductor for Energy Harvesting Applications. JTEC. pp. 77-82. ISSN 2180 - 1843

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Abstract

This paper brings together an understanding on Artificial Magnetic Conductor (AMC) and rectenna in energy harvesting applications. The rectenna is built upon a combination of a low profile antenna like dipole or patch microstrip with the presence of a rectifying circuit as well as a filter to act as an RF to DC converter. In wireless power transmission, the focal problem is that the total capture of the RF energy is totally low. Thus, with the aim of capturing maximum power, the receiving antenna is supposed to be designed applicably by taking contemplation of several aspects especially the gain. AMC helps to improve the performance of an antenna, hence enhancing the execution of wireless power transmission system of the rectenna. Wireless sensor network is one of the application in wireless power transmission system that applied the approach of energy harvesting, where it is considered to be a practical and deployable solution for today’s technology. Two designs of AMC had been proposed; a rectangular AMC using RO3003 substrate and a square AMC using RO3010 substrate. Simulation results show that the square AMC gives better performance through gain enhancement by 3.529 dB of a half-wave wire dipole antenna with an overall size of 122.45 mm x 122.45 mm.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	AMC, Energy harvesting, Antenna, Rectenna, Rectifier
Subjects:	T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Divisions:	Faculty of Electronics and Computer Engineering > Department of Telecommunication Engineering
Depositing User:	dr maisarah abu
Date Deposited:	18 May 2016 23:55
Last Modified:	05 Sep 2021 13:57
URI:	http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/16452
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