Design of an RF-DC conversion circuit for energy harvesting
The design of voltage multiplier module used for energy harvesting system from ambient at downlink radio frequency range (935.2 MHz-959.8 MHz) of GSM- 900 is presented. The function of this voltage multiplier circuit is to convert the RF energy signal into DC voltage that can be used to energiz...
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| author | Devi, K. K. A. Md.Din, Norashidah Chakrabarty, C .K. Sadasivam, S. |
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| description | The design of voltage multiplier module used
for energy harvesting system from ambient at downlink
radio frequency range (935.2 MHz-959.8 MHz) of GSM-
900 is presented. The function of this voltage multiplier
circuit is to convert the RF energy signal into DC
voltage that can be used to energize the low power
electronic devices. The design was based on the Villard
voltage multiplier circuit. A 4 -stage Schottky diode
voltage multiplier circuit was designed, modeled,
simulated, fabricated and tested for its performance.
Multisim was used for the modeling and simulation
work. Simulation and practical tests were carried out
for various input power levels at the specified frequency
band. The RF input power levels verses the output
voltages at the nodes of the Villard network were
recorded. The input for the voltage multiplier module
was fed through an efficient matching network from an
RF energy harvesting antenna which is designed at 377
Ω impedance. For a received signal of –27dBm (1.99)
μW at the antenna modules produce a DC output
voltage of 2.1 V across 100 kΩ load. |
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| spelling | intimal-1822016-04-20T06:39:05Z http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/182/ Design of an RF-DC conversion circuit for energy harvesting Devi, K. K. A. Md.Din, Norashidah Chakrabarty, C .K. Sadasivam, S. TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering The design of voltage multiplier module used for energy harvesting system from ambient at downlink radio frequency range (935.2 MHz-959.8 MHz) of GSM- 900 is presented. The function of this voltage multiplier circuit is to convert the RF energy signal into DC voltage that can be used to energize the low power electronic devices. The design was based on the Villard voltage multiplier circuit. A 4 -stage Schottky diode voltage multiplier circuit was designed, modeled, simulated, fabricated and tested for its performance. Multisim was used for the modeling and simulation work. Simulation and practical tests were carried out for various input power levels at the specified frequency band. The RF input power levels verses the output voltages at the nodes of the Villard network were recorded. The input for the voltage multiplier module was fed through an efficient matching network from an RF energy harvesting antenna which is designed at 377 Ω impedance. For a received signal of –27dBm (1.99) μW at the antenna modules produce a DC output voltage of 2.1 V across 100 kΩ load. IEEE 2012 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/182/1/9.pdf Devi, K. K. A. and Md.Din, Norashidah and Chakrabarty, C .K. and Sadasivam, S. (2012) Design of an RF-DC conversion circuit for energy harvesting. Electronics Design, Systems and Applications (ICEDSA), 2012 IEEE International Conference on Electronic Devices, Systems, and Applications. pp. 156-161. ISSN 2159-2047 10.1109/ICEDSA.2012.6507787 |
| spellingShingle | TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering Devi, K. K. A. Md.Din, Norashidah Chakrabarty, C .K. Sadasivam, S. Design of an RF-DC conversion circuit for energy harvesting |
| title | Design of an RF-DC conversion circuit for energy harvesting |
| title_full | Design of an RF-DC conversion circuit for energy harvesting |
| title_fullStr | Design of an RF-DC conversion circuit for energy harvesting |
| title_full_unstemmed | Design of an RF-DC conversion circuit for energy harvesting |
| title_short | Design of an RF-DC conversion circuit for energy harvesting |
| title_sort | design of an rf-dc conversion circuit for energy harvesting |
| topic | TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering |
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