Single Band EBG Antenna for Wireless Power Transfer Applications

This work demonstrates the design of a single band Electromagnetic Band Gap(EBG)antenna by employing an open stub EBG microstrip of a patch antenna for better achievements in terms of its performance to be utilized in a reconfigurable harvester to operate over a wide input power range.The EBG antenna has been used to gather RF energy and a FET-transistor has been obtain-able to determine and control the powerflow with the intention to operate at the same time for a different level of input power.The measured data of the EBG antenna shows a directivity of 8.52 dBi,a gain of 7.18 dBi,a return loss of-27 dB with a radiation efficiency of 84.3%,showing a clear enhancement in directivity,peak realized gain,and radiation efficiency by 41.76%,25.61%,and 17.12%respectively compared with a regular reference antenna;without utilized the EBG structure.Moreover,the harvester design accomplishes 40%of RF-DC power conversion efficiency over a wide dynamic input power range from-15 to 27 dBm,and its peak is around 78%.The harvester is designed to work at the ISM band for 915 MHz and is suitable for Wireless Power Transfer(WPT)uses.

Gain Enhancement of Dielectric Resonator Antenna Using Electromagnetic Bandgap Structure

High gain antennas are highly desirable for long-range wireless communication systems.In this paper,a compact,low profile,and high gain dielectric resonator antenna is proposed,fabricated,experimentally tested,and verified.The proposed antenna system has a cylindrical dielectric resonator antenna with a height of 9 mm and a radius of 6.35 mm as a radiating element.The proposed dielectric resonator antenna is sourced with a slot while the slot is excited with a rectangular microstrip transmission line.The microstrip transmission line is designed for a 50impedance to provide maximum power to the slot.As a result,the proposed antenna operates at 5.15 GHz with a 10-dB absolute bandwidth of 430 MHz(4.98–5.41 GHz).It is important to mention that the gain of the dielectric resonator antenna is enhanced by the introduction of an electromagnetic bandgap(EBG)structure.In fact,EBG units are placed below the antenna,which enhances the realized peak gain from 5.32 dBi to 8.36 dBi at 5.15 GHz.More specifically,a gain enhancement of 3.04 dB is observed with the introduction of the EBG array.This antenna has several good features such as high gain,compact size,large bandwidth,and lower losses which make it a suitable choice for long-range wireless communication systems.

A Compact Dual-Port Multi-Band Rectifier Circuit for RF Energy Harvesting

This paper presents a compact multi-band rectifier with an improved impedance matching bandwidth.It uses a combination of–matching network(MN)at Port-1,with a parallel connection of three cell branch MN at Port-2.The proposed impedance matching network(IMN)is adopted to reduce circuit complexity,to improve circuit performance,and power conversion efficiency(PCE)of the rectifier at low input power.The fabricated rectifier prototype operates at 0.92,1.82,2.1,2.46 and 2.65 GHz covering GSM/900,GSM/1800,UMTS2100,and Wi-Fi/2.45–LTE2600.The size of the compact rectifier on the PCB board is 0.13λ_(g)×0.1λ_(g).The fabricated rectifier achieved an RF-to DC(radio frequency direct current)PCE of 31.8%,24%,22.7%,and 15%,and 14.1%for−20 dBm at the five respective measured operating frequencies.The circuit attains a peak RF-to-DC PCE of 82.3%for an input power of 3 dBm at 0.92 GHz.The proposed rectifier realizes an ambient output dc voltage of 454 mV for multi-tone input signals from the two ports.The rectifier drives a bq25504-674 power management module(PMM)to achieve 1.21 V from the two-port connection.The rectifier has the ability to exploit both frequency domain through the multi-band operation with good impedance bandwidth and a spatial domain using dual-port configuration.Hence,it is a potential candidate for various applications in radio frequency energy harvesting(RFEH)system.

Formation of a Quasi-Stationary Discharge in the Explosive-Emission Electron Sources

Formation of a quasi-stationary discharge or quasi-stationary emission mode in the explosive-emission electron sources is related to the current limitation resulting from the emissive ability saturation of cathode plasma with its expansion. The paper shows that in the process of the discharge current stabilization in the explosive-emission sources with the point- or blade-type emitters the essential role belongs to the electron beam space charge. Availability of the space charge results in limitation of the current growth velocity at the initial discharge phase and, hence, restricts the emissive ability of the cathode plasma and contributes to its saturation. In the vacuum diodes with multiemitter cathodes, the space charge availability increases the cathode operation stability and can provide obtaining of quasi-stationary beam current values or close to them resulting in formation of a plasma emission surface at the cathode close to the continuous one.

Anode Plasma Influence on Breakdown Formation in Explosive-Emission Electron Sources

Breakdown formation in the explosive-emission sources is related to the interelectrode gap filling with the cathode and anode plasma generated at the anode and in the gap under the beam influence. Under conditions of saturation of the cathode plasma emissive ability as well as when the measures on the emission boundary stabilization are taken, the anode plasma has the deciding part in the formation of the electron source breakdown. The paper presents the results of the anode plasma investigations obtained to solve the problem of the electron beam length increase in the explosive-emission sources. The data concerning the gas release from the anode, the mechanism of the anode plasma formation and the anode plasma influence on the parameters of the generated electron beam are presented as well.

Study on Stability and Efficiency of High-Power Ultrawideband Radiation Source

Investigations are directed to the development of high-power sources ofUWB （ultrawideband） radiation based on excitation of anterma arrays with bipolar voltage pulses. In the previously designed high-power UWB sources only one bipolar pulse former and different feeder systems for pulse distribution through the array elements were used. By means of this approach, a number of UWB sources were created with the bipolar voltage pulse length ranging from 0.2 to 2 ns and effective potential of radiation ranging from 0.4 to 3 MV. The approach has got a restriction related to the electrical breakdown in a bipolar voltage pulse former. A new approach to the creation of high-power UWB sources based on a multicharmel bipolar pulse former is suggested： the number of bipolar pulse formers is equal to the number of antennas in the array. The main problem in realization of this approach is a stable operation of bipolar pulse formers in order to ensure a coherent summation of radiated pulses in the far-field zone. The result of this work is the instability of-150 ps at the pulse length of 3 ns obtained in a one-channel bipolar pulse former indicating that the suggested approach is realizable.

Influence of Cathode Plasma on Breakdown Formation in Plasma-Anode Explosive-Emission Source

Breakdown formation in an explosive-emission electron source is related to the interelectrode gap filling with plasma propagating from the cathode and formed at the anode and in the interelectrode gap under the electron beam action. Plasma anode is used to increase the beam current density. Preliminary interelectrode gap filling with plasma in the explosive-emission source decreases the influence of uncontrolled plasma arrival from the anode on the diode processes, promotes current density increase and duration of generated electron beams. The paper considers the influence of the cathode geometry on the breakdown formation in the plasma-anode explosive-emission electron source. The data on obtaining of microsecond electron beams with current density of 30 A/cm^2 and 1.5-2 kA/cm^2 are presented.

Discharge Stabilization and Obtaining of Quasi-Stationary Electron Beams in Explosive-Emission Sources

Quasistationary discharge mode setting in the explosive-emission sources is related to the saturation of the cathode plasma emissive ability resulting in the decrease of the velocity of plasma propagation into the interelectrode gap. It was shoran previously that the electron beam space charge providing the current rise slowing-down is of great importance in the process of the discharge mode stabilization. The paper considers a possibility of the discharge protraction at the expense of decrease of the ion charge order in the plasma composition and application of the directed plasma flows. The data concerning obtainig of micro- and millisecond electron beams in the explosive-emission sources are presented as well.