A flexible hybrid printed RF energy harvester utilizing catalyst-based copper printing technologies for far-field RF energy harvesting applications

Sangkil Kim; Jo Bito; Soyeon Jeong; Apostolos Georgiadis; Manos M. Tentzeris

doi:10.1109/MWSYM.2015.7166723

A flexible hybrid printed RF energy harvester utilizing catalyst-based copper printing technologies for far-field RF energy harvesting applications

Sangkil Kim^*, Jo Bito, Soyeon Jeong, Apostolos Georgiadis, Manos M. Tentzeris

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Abstract

In this paper, the design of a novel flexible RF energy harvester utilizing hybrid printed electronics technology is presented for the first time. The proposed RF energy harvester operates at UHF RFID band (868 MHz similar to 915 MHz) for far-field RF energy harvesting applications. A concept of hybrid printed electronics which takes advantage of both flexibility of low-cost printed electronics and high performances of ICs is introduced. The passive components of the RF energy harvester, such as the circuit layout and the antenna, are printed on a flexible low-cost polymer substrate utilizing a catalyst-based inkjet printing process for the fabrication of copper metallization layers. The surface-mount devices (SMDs) are soldered on the printed circuit board. The proposed approach demonstrates the feasibility of implementing low-cost flexible printed electronics for the Internet of Things (IoT) and stand-alone ("zero-power") wireless sensor platforms.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2015 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS)
Publisher	IEEE
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4799-8275-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MWSYM.2015.7166723
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	2015 IEEE MTT International Microwave Symposium - Phoenix, AZ, United States Duration: 17 May 2015 → 22 May 2015

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Conference	2015 IEEE MTT International Microwave Symposium
Abbreviated title	IMS 2015
Country/Territory	United States
City	Phoenix, AZ
Period	17/05/15 → 22/05/15

Keywords

Catalyst-based inkjet printing
charge pump
hybrid printed electronics
printed copper
RF-DC converter
RF energy harvester
wireless power transfer

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Kim, S, Bito, J, Jeong, S, Georgiadis, A & Tentzeris, MM 2015, A flexible hybrid printed RF energy harvester utilizing catalyst-based copper printing technologies for far-field RF energy harvesting applications. in 2015 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS). IEEE, 2015 IEEE MTT International Microwave Symposium, Phoenix, AZ, United States, 17/05/15. https://doi.org/10.1109/MWSYM.2015.7166723

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