A Communicating Antenna Array with a Dual-Energy Harvesting Functionality [Wireless Corner]

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dc.contributor.authorTawk, Youssef A.
dc.contributor.authorCostantine, Joseph
dc.contributor.authorAyoub, Firas N.
dc.contributor.authorChristodoulou, Christos G.
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering
dc.contributor.facultyMaroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture (MSFEA)
dc.contributor.institutionAmerican University of Beirut
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-24T11:29:42Z
dc.date.available2025-01-24T11:29:42Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractThis article discusses the design and dual functionality of two antenna arrays that operate from 1.8 to 2.4 GHz. Each antenna array is composed of two elements and proposed for either communication or radio-frequency (RF) energy harvesting. The antenna arrays are integrated vertically on top of a solar panel. Copper-based and transparent inverted-F antennas constitute the elements of both arrays. The transparent array has the same dimensions and topology as the copperbased one. Its purpose is to verify that the integration of the copper-based inverted-F antenna arrays on top of the solar panel does not majorly impact the solar panel's efficiency. A rectifying circuit that is positioned at the output of both arrays is also designed and tested. The rectifying circuit converts the collected RF energy into dc power that can supplement the solar panel's supply during the absence of solar energy. The measured performance results of the fabricated system, which is composed of the two array antennas in addition to the rectifying circuit, show good agreement with the simulated data. © 1990-2011 IEEE.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1109/MAP.2018.2796025
dc.identifier.eid2-s2.0-85045122440
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10938/27291
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherIEEE Computer Society
dc.relation.ispartofIEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectCopper
dc.subjectElectric rectifiers
dc.subjectEnergy harvesting
dc.subjectMicrowave antennas
dc.subjectRadio communication
dc.subjectRectennas
dc.subjectRectifying circuits
dc.subjectSolar cell arrays
dc.subjectSolar concentrators
dc.subjectSolar energy
dc.subjectCopper-based
dc.subjectDual energy
dc.subjectFabricated system
dc.subjectInverted f-antennas
dc.subjectRadio-frequency energy harvesting
dc.subjectRf energies
dc.subjectSolar panels
dc.subjectTwo arrays
dc.subjectAntenna arrays
dc.titleA Communicating Antenna Array with a Dual-Energy Harvesting Functionality [Wireless Corner]
dc.typeArticle

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