Presentation 2019-12-19
1MHz band rectenna with the SOI-CMOS rectifier IC in nW-class operation
Nobuhiko Yasumaru, Naoki Sakai, Keisuke Noguchi, Kenji Itoh,
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Abstract(in English) .In this report, 1MHz band rectenna with the SOI-CMOS rectifier IC in nW-class operation is reported for ambient energy harvestings with AM radio broadcasting waves. For the rectifier IC, the cross-coupled CMOS pair (CCP) fabricated by 40 nm SOI-CMOS process is employed for rectification of nW-class radio waves. In addition above, the loop antenna with sub-MΩ class resonance is employed to reduce insertion loss of DC cut capacitors less than 10 pF, and to improve RF voltage fed to the CCP-IC. In experimental investigations, rectification efficiency of 12.6 % and output voltage of 97 mV at input power of -46 dBm can be achieved with with resonant impedance of 330 kΩ. Furthermore, output voltage of 11.3 mV at -61 dBm with open load can be confirmed for wake-up reception. With the assembled rectenna, the field investigation is done in Kanazawa area. At distance of 40 km from 10 KW transmitter, 9.6 mV with open load can be obtained. This is measured at the edge of the service area. Thus, our investigations clarify the good possibilities on wide are wake-up receptions with AM radio broadcasting waves.
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Keyword(in English) Rectenna / Rectifier / Loop Antenna / SOI-CMOS
Paper # MW2019-120
Date of Issue 2019-12-12 (MW)

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Committee MW
Conference Date 2019/12/19(1days)
Place (in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
Place (in English) Gifu Unif. Satellite Campus
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Topics (in English) Measurement / Microwave Technologies
Chair Yoshinori Kogami(Utsunomiya Univ.)
Vice Chair Tadashi Kawai(Univ. of Hyogo) / Kensuke Okubo(Okayama Prefectural Univ.) / Shintaro Shinjo(Mitsubishi Electric)
Secretary Tadashi Kawai(Utsunomiya Univ.) / Kensuke Okubo(Fujitsu Labs.) / Shintaro Shinjo
Assistant Satoshi Yoshida(Kagoshima Univ.) / Kyoya Takano(Tokyo Univ. of Science)

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Language JPN
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Title (in English) 1MHz band rectenna with the SOI-CMOS rectifier IC in nW-class operation
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) Rectenna
Keyword(2) Rectifier
Keyword(3) Loop Antenna
Keyword(4) SOI-CMOS
1st Author's Name Nobuhiko Yasumaru
1st Author's Affiliation Kanazawa Institute of Technology(Knazawa Inst.Tech.)
2nd Author's Name Naoki Sakai
2nd Author's Affiliation Kanazawa Institute of Technology(Knazawa Inst.Tech.)
3rd Author's Name Keisuke Noguchi
3rd Author's Affiliation Kanazawa Institute of Technology(Knazawa Inst.Tech.)
4th Author's Name Kenji Itoh
4th Author's Affiliation Kanazawa Institute of Technology(Knazawa Inst.Tech.)
Date 2019-12-19
Paper # MW2019-120
Volume (vol) vol.119
Number (no) MW-346
Page pp.pp.11-16(MW),
#Pages 6
Date of Issue 2019-12-12 (MW)