%0 Journal Article
%T Ism Band Rectenna Using a Ring Loaded Monopole
%A Giuseppina Monti
%A Laura Corchia
%A Luciano Tarricone
%J PIER    C
%D 2012
%I EMW Publishing
%R 10.2528/PIERC12082813
%X This paper proposes a rectifying antenna (rectenna) for operation in the ISM (Industrial, Scientific and Medical) band centered at 2.45 GHz. It consists of a modified circular monopole loaded with a rectangular ring and a half-wave rectifier. Numerical and experimental data are reported and discussed. From measurements, it is demonstrated that, when the power density incident on the monopole is 155 ¦ÌW/cm2, the device here presented exhibits values of the RF-to-DC conversion efficiency higher than 30 % in the frequency range 2.35-2.5 GHz with a maximum of about 50 % at 2.45 GHz.
%U http://www.jpier.org/pierc/pier.php?paper=12082813