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Research paper thumbnail of Radio-Frequency Energy Harvesting Using Rapid 3D Plastronics Protoyping Approach: A Case Study

Journal of Low Power Electronics and Applications, Feb 17, 2023

This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative... more This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY

Research paper thumbnail of Evaluation of Polylactic Acid Polymer as a Substrate in Rectenna for Ambient Radiofrequency Energy Harvesting

Journal of Low Power Electronics and Applications

This work details the design and experimental characterization of a 2D rectenna for scavenging ra... more This work details the design and experimental characterization of a 2D rectenna for scavenging radio frequency energy at 2.45 GHz (WiFi band), fabricated on polylactic acid polymer (PLA) using a plastronics approach. PLA is the RF substrate of both antenna and rectifier. The two transmission line (TTL) approach is used to characterize the substrate properties to be considered during design. A linearly polarized patch antenna with microstrip transmission feeding is connected to a single series diode rectifier through a T-matching network. The antenna has simulated and measured gain of 7.6 dB and 7.5 dB, respectively. The rectifier has a measured DC output power of 0.96 μW at an optimal load of 2 kΩ under RF input power of −20 dBm at 2.45 GHz. The power conversion efficiency is 9.6% in the latter conditions for a 54 × 36 mm patch antenna of a 1.5 mm thick PLA substrate obtained from additive manufacturing. The power conversion efficiency reaches a value of 28.75% when the input power ...

Research paper thumbnail of Radio-Frequency Energy Harvesting Using Rapid 3D Plastronics Protoyping Approach: A Case Study

Journal of Low Power Electronics and Applications

Harvesting of ambient radio-frequency energy is largely covered in the literature. The RF energy ... more Harvesting of ambient radio-frequency energy is largely covered in the literature. The RF energy harvester is considered most of the time as a standalone board. There is an interest to add the RF harvesting function on an already-designed object. Polymer objects are considered here, manufactured through an additive process and the paper focuses on the rapid prototyping of the harvester using a plastronic approach. An array of four antennas is considered for circular polarization with high self-isolation. The RF circuit is obtained using an electroless copper metallization of the surface of a 3D substrate fabricated using stereolithography printing. The RF properties of the polymer resin are not optimal; thus, the interest of this work is to investigate the potential capabilities of such an implementation, particularly in terms of freedom of 3D design and ease of fabrication. The electromagnetic properties of the substrate are characterized over a band of 0.5–2.5 GHz applying the two...

Research paper thumbnail of Radio-Frequency Energy Harvesting Using Rapid 3D Plastronics Protoyping Approach: A Case Study

Journal of Low Power Electronics and Applications, Feb 17, 2023

This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative... more This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY

Research paper thumbnail of Evaluation of Polylactic Acid Polymer as a Substrate in Rectenna for Ambient Radiofrequency Energy Harvesting

Journal of Low Power Electronics and Applications

This work details the design and experimental characterization of a 2D rectenna for scavenging ra... more This work details the design and experimental characterization of a 2D rectenna for scavenging radio frequency energy at 2.45 GHz (WiFi band), fabricated on polylactic acid polymer (PLA) using a plastronics approach. PLA is the RF substrate of both antenna and rectifier. The two transmission line (TTL) approach is used to characterize the substrate properties to be considered during design. A linearly polarized patch antenna with microstrip transmission feeding is connected to a single series diode rectifier through a T-matching network. The antenna has simulated and measured gain of 7.6 dB and 7.5 dB, respectively. The rectifier has a measured DC output power of 0.96 μW at an optimal load of 2 kΩ under RF input power of −20 dBm at 2.45 GHz. The power conversion efficiency is 9.6% in the latter conditions for a 54 × 36 mm patch antenna of a 1.5 mm thick PLA substrate obtained from additive manufacturing. The power conversion efficiency reaches a value of 28.75% when the input power ...

Research paper thumbnail of Radio-Frequency Energy Harvesting Using Rapid 3D Plastronics Protoyping Approach: A Case Study

Journal of Low Power Electronics and Applications

Harvesting of ambient radio-frequency energy is largely covered in the literature. The RF energy ... more Harvesting of ambient radio-frequency energy is largely covered in the literature. The RF energy harvester is considered most of the time as a standalone board. There is an interest to add the RF harvesting function on an already-designed object. Polymer objects are considered here, manufactured through an additive process and the paper focuses on the rapid prototyping of the harvester using a plastronic approach. An array of four antennas is considered for circular polarization with high self-isolation. The RF circuit is obtained using an electroless copper metallization of the surface of a 3D substrate fabricated using stereolithography printing. The RF properties of the polymer resin are not optimal; thus, the interest of this work is to investigate the potential capabilities of such an implementation, particularly in terms of freedom of 3D design and ease of fabrication. The electromagnetic properties of the substrate are characterized over a band of 0.5–2.5 GHz applying the two...

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