Metamaterial absorber-based rectifier circuit for efficient RF energy harvesting at 2.4 ghz for IoT applications
摘要
The radio frequency (RF) energy harvesting system collects electromagnetic energy that is freely propagating in the environment to charge low-power devices. In this study, we propose a novel voltage rectifier circuit based on a metamaterial absorber. Radio frequency energy in the 2.4 GHz ISM band is harvested from the environment by a metamaterial absorber and converted into direct current (DC) energy in a rectifier circuit. First, a high-efficiency metamaterial absorber of size 34 mm x 34 mm x 1.6 mm is designed on an FR4 substrate, followed by the design of a voltage rectifier circuit. The metamaterial absorber operates in the 2.4 GHz ISM band and is designed using a Finite Integration Technique (FIT) based simulation program that provides parametric and genetic algorithm tools. The design achieves a Reflection Coefficient