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 …

Compact patch rectennas without impedance matching network for wireless power transmission

C Liu, H Lin, Z He, Z Chen - IEEE Transactions on Microwave …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In microwave wireless power receivers, impedance matching networks can maximize power
transmission from RF to dc. However, they require circuit components and physical space to …

Compact high-efficiency broadband rectifier with multi-stage-transmission-line matching

P Wu, SY Huang, W Zhou, W Yu, Z Liu… - … on Circuits and …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This brief proposes a compact high-efficiency broadband microwave rectifier for energy
harvesting. The proposed rectifier is designed to operate over a broad bandwidth spanning …

Compact high-efficiency broadband rectifier based on coupled transmission line

H He, H Lin, P Wu, Q Li, C Liu - IEEE Transactions on Circuits …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this brief, a compact high-efficiency broadband rectifier with an extended range of input
power is proposed for the applications in wireless energy harvesting (EH). In the rectifier, a …

Compact rectifiers with ultra-wide input power range based on nonlinear impedance characteristics of Schottky diodes

Z He, J Lan, C Liu - IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Two high-efficiency radio-frequency (RF) rectifiers with extended input power range are
proposed by taking the advantage of nonlinear impedance characteristics of diodes. Each …

2.45 GHz Wi-Fi band operated circularly polarized rectenna for RF energy harvesting in smart city applications

D Surender, MA Halimi, T Khan… - Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This article proposes a single band circularly polarized (CP) rectenna operate at a 2.45 GHz
Wi-Fi band, using a hexagonal shape of a microstrip radiator and a voltage doubler rectifier …

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 …

High-efficient rectifier with extended input power range based on self-tuning impedance matching

P Wu, SY Huang, W Zhou, ZH Ren, Z Liu… - IEEE Microwave and …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this letter, a microwave rectifier with a wide input power range is presented by proposing a
self-tuning impedance matching (STIM). The STIM consists of a varactor reversely biased by …

A self-matched multi-band rectifier for efficient electromagnetic energy harvesting

SH Wang, SY Zheng, KW Leung… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the rapid development of wireless technologies, the electromagnetic energy scattered
in the environment becomes one of the most attractive energy sources for low power devices …