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Self Charging Mobile Phones Using RF Power Harvesting

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Advances in Computing and Information Technology (ACITY 2011)

Part of the book series: Communications in Computer and Information Science ((CCIS,volume 198))

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RF power harvesting is one of the diverse fields where still research continues. The energy of RF waves used by devices can be harvested and used to operate in more effective and efficient way. This paper highlights the performance of energy harvesting in an efficient way by using a simple voltage doubler. With slight modifications we attained high output voltage from harvested RF energy. The modified form of existing schottky diode based voltage doubler circuit is presented to achieve high output power for an average input RF power of 20 dBm. The performance of the circuit is studied with simulation results in ADS tools.

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  1. Electronics & Communication, SSN College of Engineering, Old Mahabalipuram Road, SSN Nagar, Tamil Nadu, India

    Ajay Sivaramakrishnan, Karthik Ganesan & Kailarajan Jeyaprakash Jegadishkumar

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  1. Southeastern Louisiana University, 70402, Hammond, LA, USA

    David C. Wyld

  2. Chair of Systems and Computer Networks, Wroclaw University of Technology, Wybrzeze Wyspianskiego 27, 50-370, Wroclaw, Poland

    Michal Wozniak

  3. University of Calcutta, Calcutta, India

    Nabendu Chaki

  4. Jackson State University Jackson, 39217, MS, USA

    Natarajan Meghanathan

  5. Wireilla Net Solutions PTY Ltd, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    Dhinaharan Nagamalai

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Sivaramakrishnan, A., Ganesan, K., Jegadishkumar, K.J. (2011). Self Charging Mobile Phones Using RF Power Harvesting. In: Wyld, D.C., Wozniak, M., Chaki, N., Meghanathan, N., Nagamalai, D. (eds) Advances in Computing and Information Technology. ACITY 2011. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 198. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22555-0_27

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