Rectifier circuits for RF energy harvesting and wireless power transfer applications: A comprehensive review based on operating conditions

MA Halimi, T Khan, AA Kishk… - IEEE Microwave …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Low-power wireless sensors will play a big role in smart city applications. These sensors
require a power supply to function. Batteries are not optimal for such numerous sensor …

A compact high-efficiency broadband rectifier with a wide dynamic range of input power for energy harvesting

Z He, C Liu - IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this letter, a compact high-efficiency broadband microwave rectifier with an extended
range of input power is proposed for energy harvesting. In the proposed structure, a novel …

[HTML][HTML] Scavenging microwave wireless power: A unified model, rectenna design automation, and cutting-edge techniques

SP Gao, JH Ou, X Zhang, Y Guo - Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
While sufficient review articles exist on inductive short-range wireless power transfer (WPT),
long-haul microwave WPT (MWPT) for solar power satellites, and ambient microwave …

Efficient dual-band rectifier using stepped impedance stub matching network for wireless energy harvesting

S Li, F Cheng, C Gu, S Yu… - IEEE Microwave and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter presents an efficient dual-band rectifier using stepped impedance stub matching
circuit. Theoretical analysis of the dual-band impedance matching circuit comprising a …

A broadband high-efficiency RF rectifier for ambient RF energy harvesting

W Liu, K Huang, T Wang, Z Zhang… - IEEE Microwave and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this letter, a compact broadband high-efficiency RF rectifier is presented for ambient RF
energy harvesting (EH). A novel impedance matching network with an additional quarter …

Rectifier design challenges for wireless energy harvesting/wireless power transfer systems: Broadening bandwidth and extended input power range

MA Halimi, T Khan, M Palandoken… - IEEE Microwave …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
RF-based wireless energy harvesting (WEH) and wireless power transfer (WPT) are gaining
attention due to their capability of powering various sensors and devices. A low-power …

A novel class-C rectifier with high efficiency for wireless power transmission

Z He, H Lin, C Liu - IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this letter, a compact Class-C rectifier with high efficiency based on a novel structure was
proposed for wireless power transmission (WPT). This structure is connected to the rectifying …

Analysis of facet-loaded rectangular DR-rectenna designs for multisource RF energy-harvesting applications

D Surender, MA Halimi, T Khan… - … on Antennas and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, the characteristics of four spiral-facet structures are studied for RF energy-
harvesting (RFEH) applications for increasing the harvesting power from the surrounding …

Efficient and compact tri-band rectifier with large frequency ratio for WPT

Z Yue, X Xu, S Li, YH Zhu, XQ Lin - IEEE Microwave and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this letter, an efficient and compact tri-band rectifier with large frequency ratio is proposed,
which adopts a novel low-cost direct current (dc)-pass filter structure in the design. Three …

A wideband rectenna using high gain fractal planar monopole antenna array for RF energy scavenging

MM Fakharian - International Journal of Antennas and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This paper introduces a wideband rectenna that can scavenge ambient wireless power to a
range of frequency band from 0.91 GHz to 2.55 GHz efficiently. The proposed rectenna is …