Wireless energy harvesting using serially connected voltage doublers

Jun Wu Zhang, Lin Biao Wang, Kye Yak See, Cher Ming Tan, Chirn Chye Boon, Kiat Seng Yeo, Manh Anh Do

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Abstract

A major obstacle of wireless energy harvesting is to convert relatively low power wireless RF energy into sufficiently high DC voltage for practical use. This paper explores and studies a topology where several voltage doublers are connected in series to boost up the DC output voltage from the wireless energy harvesting circuits. A prototype has been designed and fabricated to test the feasibility of the proposed topology. With five voltage doublers in series, a resultant DC voltage of as high as 1.23 V can be obtained when an omni-directional antenna is transmitted at a power level of 20 dBm from a distance 3 m away from the prototype.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2010 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference Proceedings, APMC 2010
Pages41-44
Number of pages4
StatePublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes
Event2010 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference, APMC 2010 - Yokohama, Japan
Duration: 07 12 201010 12 2010

Publication series

NameAsia-Pacific Microwave Conference Proceedings, APMC

Conference

Conference2010 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference, APMC 2010
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityYokohama
Period07/12/1010/12/10

Keywords

  • RF energy harvesting
  • rectenna
  • voltage multiplier
  • wireless sensor

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