Millimeter wave power transmission for compact and large-area wearable IoT devices based on a higher-order mode wearable antenna
Millimeter wave power transmission for compact and large-area wearable IoT devices based on a higher-order mode wearable antenna
Owing to the shorter wavelength in the millimeter-wave (mmWave) spectrum, miniaturized antennas can receive power with a higher efficiency than UHF bands, promising sustainable mmWave-powered Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Nevertheless, the performance of a mmWave power receiver has not been compared, numerically or experimentally, to its sub-6~GHz counterpart. In this paper, the performance of mmWave-powered receivers is evaluated based on a novel wearable textile-based higher-order mode microstrip antenna, showing the benefits of wireless power transmission (WPT). Firstly, a broadband antenna is proposed maintaining a stable wearable measured bandwidth from 24.9 to 31.1~GHz, over three-fold improvement compared to a conventional patch. The proposed antenna has a measured 8.2~dBi co-polarized gain with the highest thickness-normalized efficiency of a wearable antenna. When evaluated for compact power receivers, the measured path gain shows that WPT at 26~GHz outperforms 2.4~GHz by 11~dB. A rectenna array based on the proposed antenna is then evaluated analytically showing the potential for up to 6.3x higher power reception compared to a UHF patch, based on the proposed antenna's gain and an empirical path-loss model. Both use cases demonstrate that mmWave-powered rectennas are suitable for area-constrained and large-area wearable IoT applications.
Antenna measurements, Antennas, Bandwidth, Broadband antennas, Internet of Things, Microstrip Antennas, Microstrip antennas, Millimeter-Wave Antenna, Permittivity measurements, RF Energy Harvesting, Receiving antennas, Rectenna, Wireless Power Transfer.
Wagih, Mahmoud
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Hilton, Geoffrey S.
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Weddell, Alex S.
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Beeby, Steve
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25 August 2021
Wagih, Mahmoud
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Hilton, Geoffrey S.
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Weddell, Alex S.
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Beeby, Steve
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Wagih, Mahmoud, Hilton, Geoffrey S., Weddell, Alex S. and Beeby, Steve
(2021)
Millimeter wave power transmission for compact and large-area wearable IoT devices based on a higher-order mode wearable antenna.
IEEE Internet of Things Journal.
(doi:10.1109/JIOT.2021.3107594).
Abstract
Owing to the shorter wavelength in the millimeter-wave (mmWave) spectrum, miniaturized antennas can receive power with a higher efficiency than UHF bands, promising sustainable mmWave-powered Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Nevertheless, the performance of a mmWave power receiver has not been compared, numerically or experimentally, to its sub-6~GHz counterpart. In this paper, the performance of mmWave-powered receivers is evaluated based on a novel wearable textile-based higher-order mode microstrip antenna, showing the benefits of wireless power transmission (WPT). Firstly, a broadband antenna is proposed maintaining a stable wearable measured bandwidth from 24.9 to 31.1~GHz, over three-fold improvement compared to a conventional patch. The proposed antenna has a measured 8.2~dBi co-polarized gain with the highest thickness-normalized efficiency of a wearable antenna. When evaluated for compact power receivers, the measured path gain shows that WPT at 26~GHz outperforms 2.4~GHz by 11~dB. A rectenna array based on the proposed antenna is then evaluated analytically showing the potential for up to 6.3x higher power reception compared to a UHF patch, based on the proposed antenna's gain and an empirical path-loss model. Both use cases demonstrate that mmWave-powered rectennas are suitable for area-constrained and large-area wearable IoT applications.
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Wagih_JIOT2021_mmWave_WPT_Wearable_IoT
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Accepted/In Press date: 23 August 2021
e-pub ahead of print date: 25 August 2021
Published date: 25 August 2021
Keywords:
Antenna measurements, Antennas, Bandwidth, Broadband antennas, Internet of Things, Microstrip Antennas, Microstrip antennas, Millimeter-Wave Antenna, Permittivity measurements, RF Energy Harvesting, Receiving antennas, Rectenna, Wireless Power Transfer.
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Local EPrints ID: 451027
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/451027
ISSN: 2327-4662
PURE UUID: 0bd4da6d-1b3d-4f7a-a7bf-496424cfce91
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