A Novel Design of High-Efficiency Dual-Band Rectifier Based on Coupled Transmission Line for Wireless Power Transfer and Energy Harvesting

In this letter, a novel design of high-efficiency dual band (DB) rectifier based on coupled transmission line (CTL) is presented. The proposed structure is separated into two parts. Part A uses a CTL to suppress the second harmonic of both the frequencies concurrently, enabling a DB-efficient power recycling mechanism with low design complexity and compact dimension. Part B implements a DB fundamental matching network to the source of 50 O with a combination of a CTL and a single transmission line (TL) which also terminates the harmonics beyond the second-order for further power conversion efficiency (PCE) enhancement. Both the parts are investigated in the closed form equations. For validation, a Schottky-diode-based rectifier is simulated, fabricated, and measured at two frequencies of 0.915 and 2.4 GHz. The experimental results show that the highest PCE is achieved at 81.98% and 77.85% for 0.915 and 2.4 GHz, respectively, with an optimal load resistance of 680 O. Moreover, the 50% over PCE remains within a wide dynamic range of 19.5 dB at 0.915 GHz and 18.5 dB at 2.4 GHz. Compared with the state-of-the-art works, the proposed rectifier exhibits advantages of high PCE and compactness.

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A novel design of a high-efficiency dual band rectifier based on coupled transmission line (CTL) is presented. The proposed structure includes two parts: Part A utilizes a CTL to suppress the second harmonic of both frequencies, enabling a dual band-efficient power recycling mechanism; Part B implements a dual band fundamental matching network using a combination of CTL and single transmission line (TL) for further power conversion efficiency enhancement. Experimental results show that the rectifier achieves a high PCE of 81.98% and 77.85% at 0.915 and 2.4 GHz, respectively, with an optimal load resistance of 680 O. The proposed rectifier demonstrates advantages of high PCE and compactness compared to existing works.