Rectifiers Configurations for Rectenna Design

Abstract

A rectenna is a device that combines a rectifier with an antenna. The significance of rectennas lies in their potential for harvesting wireless energy. They can capture and convert ambient RF/microwave signals from sources like Wi-Fi routers, cell phone towers, and other communication systems into electricity. In this paper, different rectifier configurations have been implemented and analyzed for rectenna applications. The rectifier circuits include half-wave and full-wave. The performance metric of the rectenna for all configurations has been created and discussed. The matching and filtering elements are also taken into account while analyzing the performance metric. For some designs, the distributed element structure is developed which may further.