paper 150203082005

Abstract

In this paper a Yagi rectenna application to increase the battery lifetime of sensor nodes is presented. The proposed rectenna consists of a three pole Yagi antenna plus double voltage RF to DC converter based on a HSMS-268C Schottky diode. The rectenna has been designed by means of the commercial SEMCAD software. The measurement results demonstrate a maximum RF-DC efficiency of about 31% for 160 µW/cm2 .

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Raúl Fernandez-Garcia

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