A Novel Dual-band Ambient RF Energy Harvesting System for Autonomous Wireless Sensor Node Application

Authors

  • Minh Thuy Le Department of Instrument and Industrial Informatics, School of Electrical Engineering Hanoi University of Science & Technology, Hanoi 10000, Vietnam.
  • Duc Anh Pham Department of Instrument and Industrial Informatics, School of Electrical Engineering Hanoi University of Science & Technology, Hanoi 10000, Vietnam.
  • Hong Tien Vu Department of Instrument and Industrial Informatics, School of Electrical Engineering Hanoi University of Science & Technology, Hanoi 10000, Vietnam.
  • Van Duc Ngo Department of Instrument and Industrial Informatics, School of Electrical Engineering Hanoi University of Science & Technology, Hanoi 10000, Vietnam.
  • Quoc Cuong Nguyen Department of Instrument and Industrial Informatics, School of Electrical Engineering Hanoi University of Science & Technology, Hanoi 10000, Vietnam.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13052/2021.ACES.J.361013

Keywords:

Ambient RF energy harvesting, Autonomous Wireless Sensor Node, Dual-band rectenna.

Abstract

This paper presents a novel dual-band ambient Wi-Fi energy harvesting system for an autonomous wireless sensor node (AWSN) which operates independently without other external power source. While conventional wireless sensor nodes employing batteries with limited lifespans, an AWSN is supplied by harvested energy and does not require frequent battery replacement. Due to that reason, research on the energy harvesting aspect of AWSNs has been carried out intensively in recent years. By optimizing the matching network, the proposed ambient Wi-Fi energy harvesting system achieves a relatively good efficiency in dual-band at 2.45 GHz and 5.8 GHz. The efficiency reaches a peak at 47.45 % and 42 % at 2.45 GHz and 5.8 GHz, respectively. The proposed idea is numerically and experimentally demonstrated with the Wi-Fi source in building.

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Author Biographies

Minh Thuy Le, Department of Instrument and Industrial Informatics, School of Electrical Engineering Hanoi University of Science & Technology, Hanoi 10000, Vietnam.

Minh Thuy Le received her engineering (2006), M.S. (2008) degree in Electrical Engineering from Hanoi University of Science and Technology and Ph.D. (2013) in Optique and Radio Frequency from Grenoble Institute of Technology, France. She is an assistant professor at the Department of Instrument and Industrial Informatics and also a Group leader of Radio Frequency group at Department of Instrumentation and Industrial Informatic (3I), School of Electrical Engineering (SEE), Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST). Her current interests include Antenna, Beamforming, Meta-materials, RF energy harvesting, indoor localization, and wireless sensors.

Duc Anh Pham, Department of Instrument and Industrial Informatics, School of Electrical Engineering Hanoi University of Science & Technology, Hanoi 10000, Vietnam.

Duc Anh Pham was born in Stollberg, Germany, in 1994. He received his B.Eng. degree in Electrical Engineering from Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST), Hanoi, Vietnam, in 2017, and the M.S. degree in Microwave and Optics from the School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Chung-Ang University (CAU), Seoul, South Korea, in 2020.

From 2017 to 2018, he was an RF engineer with the Viettel Aerospace Institute, involved in researching and developing microwave circuits and systems for aerospace and defense industry. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. with the School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Chung-Ang University (CAU), Seoul, South Korea. His research interests include millimeter-wave antennas, reconfigurable antennas, metasurfaced antennas, and RF energy harvesting.

Hong Tien Vu, Department of Instrument and Industrial Informatics, School of Electrical Engineering Hanoi University of Science & Technology, Hanoi 10000, Vietnam.

Hong Tien Vu is currently a 5th-year student, major in Electrical Engineering, School of Electrical Engineering (SEE), Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST), Vietnam. His current interests include Antenna, Microwave circuits, and substrate integrated waveguide technology.

Van Duc Ngo, Department of Instrument and Industrial Informatics, School of Electrical Engineering Hanoi University of Science & Technology, Hanoi 10000, Vietnam.

Van Duc Ngo was born in Ha Nam, Vietnam, in 1991. He received the B.Eng. degree and M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST), Hanoi, Vietnam, in 2014 and 2018, respectively. His research interests include design and analysis of antenna, RF energy harvesting, RF circuits/systems, and metamaterial.

Quoc Cuong Nguyen, Department of Instrument and Industrial Informatics, School of Electrical Engineering Hanoi University of Science & Technology, Hanoi 10000, Vietnam.

Quoc Cuong Nguyen received his engineering (1996) and M.S. (1998) degrees in Electrical Engineering from Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST), Vietnam, and Ph.D. in Signal-Image-Speech-Telecoms from INP Grenoble, France, in 2002. He is a professor at the Department of Instrumentation and Industrial Informatics and also the head of Department of Instrumentation and Industrial Informatics, School of Electrical Engineering (SEE), Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST). His research interests include Signal Processing, Speech Recognition, Beamforming, Smart sensor, and RF communication.

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Published

2021-11-23

How to Cite

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M. T. Le, D. A. . Pham, H. T. . Vu, V. D. . Ngo, and Q. C. . Nguyen, “A Novel Dual-band Ambient RF Energy Harvesting System for Autonomous Wireless Sensor Node Application”, ACES Journal, vol. 36, no. 10, pp. 1367–1375, Nov. 2021.

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2021: Vol 36 Iss 10

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