Design of a Rectenna in 2.45 GHz Band Frequency for Energy Harvesting
- 1 Section Physique Appliquée, UFR des Sciences Appliquées et de Technologies (SAT), Université Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis, Sénégal
- 2 Section Physique Appliquée, UFR des Sciences Appliquées et de Technologies (SAT), Université Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis, Sénégal
- 3 Section Physique Appliquée, UFR des Sciences Appliquées et de Technologies (SAT), Université Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis, Sénégal
- 4 Section Physique Appliquée, UFR des Sciences Appliquées et de Technologies (SAT), Université Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis, Sénégal
Abstract
There are several sources of energy recovery in the ambient environment. Th e radiofrequency energy harvesting system is used to harvest the electromagnetic energy in the air by processing energy sources to charge low -power electronic devices. Rectenna termed as a rectif ying antenna is a device that is used to convert electromagnetic waves in the air into direct electric current. In this work, we have designed firstly the patch antenna with a small size printed on the FR4 substrate (40 mm × 47.5 mm × 1.6 mm) and then the rectifier circuit. This rectenna is capable of working at a frequency range of 2.45 GHz. The antenna was designed using High Frequency Structure Simulator (HFSS) 13.0 software with the result of working frequency of 2.453 GHz, S11 (Return Loss) - 52 dB, Voltage Standing Wave Ratio (VSWR) 1.036, gain 3.48 dB and bandwidth 150 MHz. The efficiency of rectifier design on Advanced Design System (ADS) 2011 software is 54% at the input power of 0 dBm at 2.45 GHz. The resulting system is capable of producing electrical energy to power low-power electronic equipment at a DC voltage of 732 mV.
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