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An Efficient 2.45 GHz Spiral Rectenna Without a Matching Circuit for RF Energy Harvesting

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This paper presents an efficient spiral rectenna to be used for radio frequency energy harvesting application. This rectenna is simple, low cost and an efficient design exhibiting a power conversion efficiency of 85–88% at different conditions. The unique feature of the proposed model is, it eliminates the need for an external matching circuit thus reducing the complexity of the design, cost and is compact. Also, it has been analyzed that this rectenna exhibits good performance at different load conditions, input power levels and with different models of schottky diodes.

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This research work has been funded by Anna Centenary Research Fellowship.

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  1. Department of Physics, College of Engineering, Anna University, Chennai, 600025, India

    Deborah Sabhan & Victor Jaya Nesamoni

  2. Panimalar Institute of Technology, Chennai, 600123, India

    Jayanthy Thangappan

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Sabhan, D., Nesamoni, V.J. & Thangappan, J. An Efficient 2.45 GHz Spiral Rectenna Without a Matching Circuit for RF Energy Harvesting. Wireless Pers Commun 119, 713–726 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-021-08233-5

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