Novel Design of Rectenna Array Using Metasurface for IoT

Tamami Maruyama, Masashi Nakatsugawa, Noriharu Suematsu, Mizuki Motoyoshi, Qiang Chen, Hiroyasu Sato, Manabu Omiya

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2 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

This paper proposes a novel rectenna array using a metasurface to deliver electric power to IoT terminals by wireless power transfer. Each element that composes this rectenna array receives the electric power for IoT terminals like sensors from the wave source, and at the same time, it also acts as a director of the Yagi-Uda antenna and transmits the electric power to adjacent elements. However, the Yagi-Uda antenna generally has restrictions on the element spacing and shape, and the elements cannot be arranged freely. In order to address this issue, a metasurface is used as the reflector for the Yagi-Uda antenna to control the direction of the reflected wave and to propagate the electric power towards the element set at an arbitrary position. The wireless power transmission efficiency of each element of the proposed rectenna arrays was clarified using electromagnetic field analysis.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2021 IEEE-APS Topical Conference on Antennas and Propagation in Wireless Communications, APWC 2021
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages165-167
Number of pages3
ISBN (Electronic)9781665413886
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021 Aug 9
Event10th IEEE-APS Topical Conference on Antennas and Propagation in Wireless Communications, APWC 2021 - Honolulu, United States
Duration: 2021 Aug 92021 Aug 13

Publication series

Name2021 IEEE-APS Topical Conference on Antennas and Propagation in Wireless Communications, APWC 2021

Conference

Conference10th IEEE-APS Topical Conference on Antennas and Propagation in Wireless Communications, APWC 2021
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityHonolulu
Period21/8/921/8/13

Keywords

  • IoT
  • WPT
  • Yagi-Uda antenna
  • energy harvesting
  • metasurface
  • microwave
  • reflectarray
  • wireless power transmission

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Instrumentation
  • Radiation

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