Design and optimization of an antenna with Thermo-Electric Generator (TEG) for autonomous wireless nodes

Marco Virili; Apostolos Georgiadis; Kyriaki Niotaki; Ana Collado; Federico Alimenti; Paolo Mezzanotte; Luca Roselli; Nuno Borges Carvalho

doi:10.1109/RFID-TA.2014.6934194

Design and optimization of an antenna with Thermo-Electric Generator (TEG) for autonomous wireless nodes

Marco Virili^*, Apostolos Georgiadis, Kyriaki Niotaki, Ana Collado, Federico Alimenti, Paolo Mezzanotte, Luca Roselli, Nuno Borges Carvalho

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Abstract

This paper describes the design and the optimization of a quarter-wave patch antenna with a Thermo-Electric Generator (TEG). The antenna operates in the Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) frequency band 2.4-2.5 GHz. The TEG, mounted on the top of the antenna, is used to perform thermal Energy Harvesting (EH) in order to supply wireless nodes. This antenna topology is chosen in order to provide a good thermal transfer between the TEG and the ground plane of the antenna. The antenna design consists of the optimization of its radiation properties in presence of the TEG electromagnetic model. Finally, a prototype of the antenna was fabricated and the TEG was mounted on its top. The measurements show a reflection coefficient lower -10 dB in the overall frequency band and a gain of 2.3 dB at 2.45 GHz.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2014 IEEE RFID Technology and Applications Conference (RFID-TA)
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	21-25
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4799-4680-8
ISBN (Print)	9781479946792
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/RFID-TA.2014.6934194
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	2014 IEEE RFID Technology and Applications Conference - Tampere, Finland Duration: 8 Sept 2014 → 9 Sept 2014

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Conference	2014 IEEE RFID Technology and Applications Conference
Abbreviated title	RFID-TA 2014
Country/Territory	Finland
City	Tampere
Period	8/09/14 → 9/09/14

Keywords

Patch antennas
TEG
Energy harvesting
Wireless sensor networks
Design optimization

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Virili, M, Georgiadis, A, Niotaki, K, Collado, A, Alimenti, F, Mezzanotte, P, Roselli, L & Carvalho, NB 2014, Design and optimization of an antenna with Thermo-Electric Generator (TEG) for autonomous wireless nodes. in 2014 IEEE RFID Technology and Applications Conference (RFID-TA). IEEE, pp. 21-25, 2014 IEEE RFID Technology and Applications Conference, Tampere, Finland, 8/09/14. https://doi.org/10.1109/RFID-TA.2014.6934194

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