A microwave metamaterial with integrated power harvesting functionality

By Allen M. Hawkes, A. Katko, S. Cummer. 2013

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We present the design and experimental implementation of a power harvesting metamaterial. A maximum of 36.8% of the incident power from a 900 MHz signal is experimentally rectified by an array of metamaterial unit cells. We demonstrate that the maximum harvested power occurs for a resistive load close to 70 Ω in both simulation and experiment. The power harvesting metamaterial is an example of a functional metamaterial that may be suitable for a wide variety of applications that require power delivery to any active components integrated into the metamaterial.

Subfields: Aerospace Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

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