Super-Broadband Rectifier with Wide-band Resistance Compression Network and Harmonic Cycling for RF-Harvesting

Authors

  • Xin Liu College of Information and Communication Engineering Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, 150001, China
  • Dawei Zhang College of Information and Communication Engineering Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, 150001, China
  • Yingsong Li 1) Key Laboratory of Intelligent Computing and Signal Processing Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, 230601, China 2) Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Target Recognition and Feature Extraction LuAn, 230088, China
  • Zhixiang Huang 1) Key Laboratory of Intelligent Computing and Signal Processing Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, 230601, China 2) Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Target Recognition and Feature Extraction LuAn, 230088, China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13052/2023.ACES.J.380110

Keywords:

bending technique, harmonic cycling, RF-harvest, super-Broadband rectifier, wide-band resistance compression technique

Abstract

In this paper, a super-broadband (SBB) rectifier using a wideband resistance compression network (WRCN) and harmonic cycling is proposed, simulated, fabricated, measured and analyzed in detail for the harvesting of ambient radio frequency (RF) energy. Meanwhile, impedance compression and matching are achieved to implement the SBB using WRCN and impedance operation networks. Additionally, harmonic cycling structure and bending technology are employed to improve the power conversion efficiency (PCE) and reduce the size, respectively. For demonstration, a prototype of the proposed rectifier is fabricated and measured. The measured results are in good accordance with the simulated ones, indicating that the rectifier can provide high efficiency and ultra-broadband rectification characteristics. A PCE over 50% is realized at 3.5 GHz with an input power range of 6–24 dBm, and a PCE of 75% is obtained at an input power of 18 dBm. The PCE is greater than 50% at 17 dBm with an input frequency of 2.7-4.6 GHz. This work can find significant applications in the development of RF-harvesting.

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Author Biographies

Xin Liu, College of Information and Communication Engineering Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, 150001, China

Xin Liu was born in Gansu, China. He received the B.S. degree in Optoelectronic Information Science and Engineering from the North University of China, Shanxi, China, in 2019. He is currently pursuing the M.S. degree in Electronics Information with the Harbin Engineering University, China. His current research interests include RF circuit design, antenna design, wireless power transmission.

Dawei Zhang, College of Information and Communication Engineering Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, 150001, China

Dawei Zhang receieved the B.S. and M.S. degree from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China, in 2011 and 2014, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree from Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, in 2019.

In 2019, he joined the College of Information and Communication Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, as an assistant professor. His current research interests include metamaterials and spoof surface plasmon polaritons.

Yingsong Li, 1) Key Laboratory of Intelligent Computing and Signal Processing Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, 230601, China 2) Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Target Recognition and Feature Extraction LuAn, 230088, China

Yingsong Li received his B.S. degree in Electrical and Information Engineering, and M.S. degree in Electromagnetic Field and Microwave Technology from Harbin Engineering University, 2006 and 2011, respectively. He received his Ph.D degree from both Kochi University of Technology (KUT), Japan and Harbin Engineering University (HEU), China in 2014. He is currently a Full Professor with the School of Electronic and Information Engineering of Anhui University from March 2022. He was a full Professor in Habirn Engineering University from 2014 to 2022 and a visiting scholar of University of California, Davis from March 2016 to March 2017, a visiting Professor of University of York, UK in 2018, a visiting Professor of Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) and KUT. Now, he holds the visiting professor position of School of Information of KUT from 2018. He is a Postdoc of Key Laboratory of Microwave Remote Sensing, Chinese Academy of Sciences from 2016 to 2021. Now, He is a Fellow of Applied computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES Fellow), and he is also a senior member of Chinese Institute of Electronics (CIE) and IEEE. He has authored and coauthored about 300 journal and conference papers in various areas of electrical and information engineering. His current research interests include signal processing, adaptive filters, metasurface designs and microwave antennas.

Dr. Li serves as an Area Editor of AEÜ-International Journal of Electronics and Communications from 2017 to 2020, and he is an Associate Editor of IEEE Access, Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Journal (ACES Journal) and Alexandria Engineering Journal and Electromagnetic Science. He is the TPC Co-Chair of the 2019 IEEE International Workshop on Electromagnetics (iWEM 2019-2020), 2019 IEEE 2nd International Conference on Electronic Information and Communication Technology (ICEICT 2019), 2019 International Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES) Symposium-China, 2019 Cross Strait Quad-regional Radio Science and Wireless Technology Conference (2019 CSQRWC) and TPC Chair of ICEICT 2021-2022. He is also a General Co-Chair of ICEICT 2020 and a General Chair of IEEE 9th International Conference on Computer Science and Network Technology (ICCSNT 2021) and ICCSNT 2022. He is also a TCP member for many international and domestic conference. He also serves as a Session Chair or Organizer for many international and domestic conferences, including the WCNC, AP-S, ACES-China ect. He acts as a Reviewer of numerous IEEE, IET, Elsevier and other international journals and conferences.

Zhixiang Huang, 1) Key Laboratory of Intelligent Computing and Signal Processing Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, 230601, China 2) Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Target Recognition and Feature Extraction LuAn, 230088, China

Zhixiang Huang received his BS degree in Statistic and Probability and Ph.D. in Electromagnetic Field and Microwave Technology from Anhui University in 2002 and 2007, respectively. He is a Lecturer of Anhui University from 2007 to 2008 and is promoted to Professor in 2008, and is a visiting scholar in Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University, from 2010 to 2011. Currently, he is a full Professor and the dean of the School of Electronic Information Engineering of Anhui University, founder of Key Laboratory of Electromagnetic Environmental Sensing of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, director of the Young Scientists Club of Chinese Institute of Electronics (CIE), member of the Youth Working Committee of CIE. He is the recipient of the Outstanding Young Talent Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) in 2018 and the Chang Jiang Scholars Program of Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China in 2022. He is a Senior Member of IEEE. He has more than 100 academic papers in peer-reviewed international/national journals. His current interests include theoretical and computational in electromagnetics and Microwave/RF circuit design, and multiphysics modeling.

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Published

2023-05-30

How to Cite

[1]
X. . Liu, D. . Zhang, Y. . Li, and Z. . Huang, “Super-Broadband Rectifier with Wide-band Resistance Compression Network and Harmonic Cycling for RF-Harvesting”, ACES Journal, vol. 38, no. 01, pp. 67–73, May 2023.

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2023: Vol 38 Iss 1

Section

Antennas, Metasurfaces, and Testing Methodologies for 5G/6G Communication

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