Abstract

A wearable rectenna for operation in the ultra high frequency (UHF) band is presented. The proposed device consists of a compact patch antenna and a full-wave bridge rectifier, both fabricated with textile materials. The patch antenna has been realized by using an adhesive conductive fabric on a bi-layer substrate made of pile and jeans. As for the rectifier, it is on a layer of jeans on the back-face of the antenna. Experimental data referring both to the patch antenna and to the rectenna are reported and discussed. From measurements performed with an incident power density of 14 μ/cm2, it is demonstrated that the rectenna here presented exhibits a conversion efficiency higher than 20% over the frequency range 860-918 MHz with a maximum of about 50% at 876 MHz.

Autore Pugliese

• Tarricone Luciano , Monti Giuseppina

Tutti gli autori

• G. Monti , L. Corchia , L. Tarricone

Titolo volume/Rivista

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION

Anno di pubblicazione

2013

ISSN

0018-926X

ISBN

Non Disponibile

Numero di citazioni Wos

38

Ultimo Aggiornamento Citazioni

28/04/2018

Numero di citazioni Scopus

45

Ultimo Aggiornamento Citazioni

28/04/2018

Settori ERC

Non Disponibile

Codici ASJC

Non Disponibile