RF Energy Harvesting System Based on an Archimedean Spiral Antenna for Low-Power Sensor Applications

This paper presents a radiofrequency (RF) energy harvesting system based on an ultrawideband Archimedean spiral antenna and a half-wave Cockcroft-Walton multiplier circuit. The antenna was proved to operate from 350 MHz to 16 GHz with an outstanding performance. With its use, radio spectrum measurem...

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Main Authors: Antonio Alex-Amor, Ángel Palomares-Caballero, José M. Fernández-González, Pablo Padilla, David Marcos, Manuel Sierra-Castañer, Jaime Esteban
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-03-01
Series:Sensors
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/19/6/1318