Frequency changing technique for efficient fast start-up RF energy harvesting
ISSN: 0305-6120
Article publication date: 22 June 2018
Issue publication date: 16 July 2018
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of the paper is to present a frequency-changing technique to realize a fast start-up radio frequency (RF) energy harvester.
Design/methodology/Approach
First, a simple analysis of the input impedance of the rectifier circuit is presented, and based on the analysis, it is shown how the input impedance of the rectifier is changed during the rectifier charging. Then, the frequency-changing technique is presented in which the variation of the rectifier input reactance (capacitance) is partly compensated by changing the frequency of the transmitted RF signal. A harvester consisting of a four-stage rectifier and a simple series matching inductor, implemented based on Schottky diode, is employed to verify the technique.
Findings
With the input available power of −12 dBm, the simulated and the measured results prove that the proposed frequency-changing method compared to the typical fixed-frequency method shows more than 30 per cent decrease in the transient time to reach 0.5 V output voltage, while the final harvested output voltage is unchanged.
Originality/Value
A frequency-changing technique is presented.
Keywords
Citation
Shieh, S. and Kamarei, M. (2018), "Frequency changing technique for efficient fast start-up RF energy harvesting", Circuit World, Vol. 44 No. 3, pp. 101-107. https://doi.org/10.1108/CW-07-2017-0031
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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