Islam Mansour Abdelfattah Abdelrahman
Asst. Professor
Energy harvesting rectenna using high-gain triple-band antenna for powering internet-of-things (IoT) devices in a smart office
IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement • 2023
Publication Information
Authors
Mohamed Aboualalaa, Islam Mansour, Ramesh K Pokharel
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Journal
IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
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Volume
72
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Pages
1-12
publication.type
International
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Abstract
A new rectenna that can be utilized for sending/receiving data and scavenging radio frequency (RF) waves for linking and powering the Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices is proposed. The rectenna has three operating frequency bands; the lower frequency band is used for energy harvesting, and the other two frequency bands are assigned for data communication. It comprises a stacked four-layer antenna integrated with a voltage doubler rectifier. The antenna consists of a driven element, a planar reflector, and a planar director composed of a periodic structure of a square patch with a hexagonal slot in its center. The measurement results show that the proposed antenna covers 1.86–2.65, 2.84–3.64, and 5.34–6 GHz with an impedance bandwidth of 35%, 24.7%, and 11.64%, respectively. The antenna exhibits a high measured gain of 8.1, 8.9, and 9 dBi at 2.3, 3.5, and 5.7 GHz, respectively.
