Evaluation of Polylactic Acid Polymer as a Substrate in Rectenna for Ambient Radiofrequency Energy Harvesting
This work details the design and experimental characterization of a 2D rectenna for scavenging radio frequency energy at 2.45 GHz (WiFi band), fabricated on polylactic acid polymer (PLA) using a plastronics approach. PLA is the RF substrate of both antenna and rectifier. The two transmission line (T...
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| author | Pangsui Usifu Linge Tony Gerges Pascal Bevilacqua Jean-Marc Duchamp Philippe Benech Jacques Verdier Philippe Lombard Michel Cabrera Pierre Tsafack Fabien Mieyeville Bruno Allard |
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| description | This work details the design and experimental characterization of a 2D rectenna for scavenging radio frequency energy at 2.45 GHz (WiFi band), fabricated on polylactic acid polymer (PLA) using a plastronics approach. PLA is the RF substrate of both antenna and rectifier. The two transmission line (TTL) approach is used to characterize the substrate properties to be considered during design. A linearly polarized patch antenna with microstrip transmission feeding is connected to a single series diode rectifier through a T-matching network. The antenna has simulated and measured gain of 7.6 dB and 7.5 dB, respectively. The rectifier has a measured DC output power of 0.96 <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mi mathvariant="sans-serif">μ</mi></semantics></math></inline-formula>W at an optimal load of 2 k<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mo>Ω</mo></semantics></math></inline-formula> under RF input power of −20 dBm at 2.45 GHz. The power conversion efficiency is 9.6% in the latter conditions for a 54 × 36 mm patch antenna of a 1.5 mm thick PLA substrate obtained from additive manufacturing. The power conversion efficiency reaches a value of 28.75% when the input power is −10 dBm at 2.45 GHz. This corresponds to a peak DC power of 28.75 <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mi mathvariant="sans-serif">μ</mi></semantics></math></inline-formula>W when the optimal load is 1.5 k<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mo>Ω</mo></semantics></math></inline-formula>. The results compare significantly with the ones of a similar rectenna circuit manufactured on preferred RF substrate. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1fe8a11bbdeb4ff1bdea08bf6018f67a2023-11-18T11:05:09ZengMDPI AGJournal of Low Power Electronics and Applications2079-92682023-05-011323410.3390/jlpea13020034Evaluation of Polylactic Acid Polymer as a Substrate in Rectenna for Ambient Radiofrequency Energy HarvestingPangsui Usifu Linge0Tony Gerges1Pascal Bevilacqua2Jean-Marc Duchamp3Philippe Benech4Jacques Verdier5Philippe Lombard6Michel Cabrera7Pierre Tsafack8Fabien Mieyeville9Bruno Allard10CNRS, INSA Lyon, Université Lyon1 Claude Bernard, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, Univ Lyon, Laboratoire Ampère, UMR CNRS 5005, 69622 Villeurbanne, FranceCNRS, INSA Lyon, Université Lyon1 Claude Bernard, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, Univ Lyon, Laboratoire Ampère, UMR CNRS 5005, 69622 Villeurbanne, FranceCNRS, INSA Lyon, Université Lyon1 Claude Bernard, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, Univ Lyon, Laboratoire Ampère, UMR CNRS 5005, 69622 Villeurbanne, FranceG2Elab, UMR5269, CNRS, Grenoble INP, Université Grenoble Alpes, 38400 Saint-Martin-d’Hères, FranceG2Elab, UMR5269, CNRS, Grenoble INP, Université Grenoble Alpes, 38400 Saint-Martin-d’Hères, FranceCNRS, INSA Lyon, Université Lyon1 Claude Bernard, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, Univ Lyon, Laboratoire Ampère, UMR CNRS 5005, 69622 Villeurbanne, FranceCNRS, INSA Lyon, Université Lyon1 Claude Bernard, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, Univ Lyon, Laboratoire Ampère, UMR CNRS 5005, 69622 Villeurbanne, FranceCNRS, INSA Lyon, Université Lyon1 Claude Bernard, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, Univ Lyon, Laboratoire Ampère, UMR CNRS 5005, 69622 Villeurbanne, FranceFaculty of Engineering and Technology, University of Buea, Buea P.O. Box 63, CameroonCNRS, INSA Lyon, Université Lyon1 Claude Bernard, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, Univ Lyon, Laboratoire Ampère, UMR CNRS 5005, 69622 Villeurbanne, FranceCNRS, INSA Lyon, Université Lyon1 Claude Bernard, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, Univ Lyon, Laboratoire Ampère, UMR CNRS 5005, 69622 Villeurbanne, FranceThis work details the design and experimental characterization of a 2D rectenna for scavenging radio frequency energy at 2.45 GHz (WiFi band), fabricated on polylactic acid polymer (PLA) using a plastronics approach. PLA is the RF substrate of both antenna and rectifier. The two transmission line (TTL) approach is used to characterize the substrate properties to be considered during design. A linearly polarized patch antenna with microstrip transmission feeding is connected to a single series diode rectifier through a T-matching network. The antenna has simulated and measured gain of 7.6 dB and 7.5 dB, respectively. The rectifier has a measured DC output power of 0.96 <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mi mathvariant="sans-serif">μ</mi></semantics></math></inline-formula>W at an optimal load of 2 k<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mo>Ω</mo></semantics></math></inline-formula> under RF input power of −20 dBm at 2.45 GHz. The power conversion efficiency is 9.6% in the latter conditions for a 54 × 36 mm patch antenna of a 1.5 mm thick PLA substrate obtained from additive manufacturing. The power conversion efficiency reaches a value of 28.75% when the input power is −10 dBm at 2.45 GHz. This corresponds to a peak DC power of 28.75 <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mi mathvariant="sans-serif">μ</mi></semantics></math></inline-formula>W when the optimal load is 1.5 k<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mo>Ω</mo></semantics></math></inline-formula>. The results compare significantly with the ones of a similar rectenna circuit manufactured on preferred RF substrate.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9268/13/2/34additive manufacturing3D printingplastronicspolylactic acid polymerradio frequencyrectenna |
| spellingShingle | Pangsui Usifu Linge Tony Gerges Pascal Bevilacqua Jean-Marc Duchamp Philippe Benech Jacques Verdier Philippe Lombard Michel Cabrera Pierre Tsafack Fabien Mieyeville Bruno Allard Evaluation of Polylactic Acid Polymer as a Substrate in Rectenna for Ambient Radiofrequency Energy Harvesting Journal of Low Power Electronics and Applications additive manufacturing 3D printing plastronics polylactic acid polymer radio frequency rectenna |
| title | Evaluation of Polylactic Acid Polymer as a Substrate in Rectenna for Ambient Radiofrequency Energy Harvesting |
| title_full | Evaluation of Polylactic Acid Polymer as a Substrate in Rectenna for Ambient Radiofrequency Energy Harvesting |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of Polylactic Acid Polymer as a Substrate in Rectenna for Ambient Radiofrequency Energy Harvesting |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of Polylactic Acid Polymer as a Substrate in Rectenna for Ambient Radiofrequency Energy Harvesting |
| title_short | Evaluation of Polylactic Acid Polymer as a Substrate in Rectenna for Ambient Radiofrequency Energy Harvesting |
| title_sort | evaluation of polylactic acid polymer as a substrate in rectenna for ambient radiofrequency energy harvesting |
| topic | additive manufacturing 3D printing plastronics polylactic acid polymer radio frequency rectenna |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9268/13/2/34 |
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