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ABSTRACT
In this paper, a comprehensive survey on the key components of a rectenna system, including antenna configurations, rectifier configurations, impedance matching networks, and RF filter, is outlined. Due to increased applications, the rectenna has occupied a unique place in the RF and microwave engineering. For the last few decades, the research on the rectenna design is focused-on to improve the power conversion efficiency, compatibility and to reduce the design complexity. The main objective of the proposed paper is (i) to accommodate the key design requirements of the rectenna; (ii) highlight the specifications and the possible configurations of the rectenna elements as diode, rectifier, and input source; and (iii) present an inclusive survey of the remarkable research carried out and obtained results.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
This work was supported by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) under Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC), Govt. of India (Research Grant No. SPARC/2018-2019/P266/SL/ 2019).
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Daasari Surender
Daasari Surender received the bachelor of technology degree in electronics and communication engineering from Sree Chaitanya College of Engineering, affiliated to Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad (JNTUH), Telangana in 2008 and master of engineering degree in microwave and radar engineering from University College of Engineering (Autonomous), Osmania University, Telangana in 2011. He worked as an assistant professor in Kamala Institute of Technology and Science, affiliated to JNTU, Hyderabad during 2012-2017. Currently, he is working as a full-time PhD research scholar in National Institute of Technology Silchar, India since 2017. His current research interests include planar antenna, dielectric resonator antennas, and energy harvesting systems. Email: [email protected]
Taimoor Khan
Taimoor Khan is presently an assistant professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at National Institute of Technology Silchar, India, since 2014. Earlier he served as an assistant professor in Delhi Technological University Delhi. Received PhD degree in electronics and communication engineering from National Institute of Technology (NIT) Patna, India in 2014. He obtained his MTech degree in communication engineering from Shobhit Institute of Engineering and Technology (A Deemed University), Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India in 2009; bachelor's degree in electronics and communication engineering from The Institution of Engineers (India), Kolkata, India in the year 2005. His active research interest includes printed microwave and millimeter wave circuits, electromagnetic bandgap structures, dielectric resonator antennas, computational electromagnetics and computational intelligence paradigms in electromagnetic. He has guided two PhD theses in the area of DRAs and EBG structures and has published over seventy research papers. Dr Khan is involved in executing three sponsored projects funded by Govt of India and is also a member of the Editorial Board of RFMiCAE Journal. He is a senior member IEEE, fellow, IETE (India), life member, IAENG (China), member URSI (Belgium) and life member, ISTE (India). Corresponding author. Email: [email protected]
Fazal A. Talukdar
Fazal A Talukdar obtained his Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) from Regional Engineering College, Silchar (now, NIT Silchar) in 1987. He obtained his MTech in 1993 and PhD in 2002–03 from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and Jadavpur University, respectively. He joined Regional Engineering College, Silchar as lecturer in April 1991, became an assistant professor in March 1996 and rose to the level of professor in May 2006. Earlier, he was a lecturer at Silchar Polytechnic from August 1988 to March 1991. He was head of the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering from August 2006 to April 2006. During July 2004 to June 2009, he was the registrar of NIT Silchar. During March 2005 to August 2007, he held the post of deputy registrar (accounts), during 2012–13, he was the dean (alumni relations) and during 2013–15, he was the dean (academic affairs) of the Institution. Email: [email protected]
Asok De
Asok De obtained his Bachelor and Master of Engineering with specialization of electronics and communication from Jadavpur University, Kolkata in 1978 and 1980, respectively. He was awarded PhD degree from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in the year 1986. He joined Delhi University, Delhi, India as lecturer in the year 1984 and promoted as reader in the year 1987. In 1991 he joined Kolkata University, Kolkata, India as reader and subsequently joined Delhi College of Engineering (presently Delhi Technological University), Delhi, India as professor in the year 1997 of Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, head of Computer Engineering and head of Information Technology. In 2005, he joined Ambedkar Institute of Advanced Communication Technology and Research Delhi as principal and continued with this position till July 2012. Then he worked as director of National Institute of Technology, Patna from 2012–2017. At that period of time, he also had an additional charge of director of National Institute of Technology Durgapur, India. His area of interest includes antennas, transmission lines, microwave circuits, and computational electromagnetic. He has published over 120 research articles in international journals and more than 130 research articles in international/national conference proceedings. He has supervised 12 PhD theses and four are going on. He is a senior member IEEE (USA), fellow IEI (India), fellow IETE (India), and life member CSI (India). Email: [email protected]
Yahia M.M. Antar
Yahia M M Antar received the BSc (Hons) degree in electrical engineering from Alexandria University, Egypt in 1966, MSc and PhD degrees in electrical engineering from University of Manitoba, Canada in 1971 and 1975, respectively. In 1979, he joined the Division of Electrical Engineering, National Research Council of Canada. In 1987, he joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Royal Military College of Canada, Canada, where he has been a professor since 1990. He has authored or co-authored more than 200 journal papers, several books, and more than 450 refereed conference papers, holds several patents, has chaired several national and international conferences. He has supervised and co-supervised more than 90 PhD and MSc thesis. He was appointed as a member of the Canadian Defence Advisory Board of the Canadian Department of National Defence in 2011. He is a fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada, the Electromagnetic Academy, and the International Union of Radio Science. He served as the Chair for Commission B from 1993 to 1999 and for CNC, URSI from 1999 to 2008, and has a cross appointment at Queen's University, Kingston. In 2002, he was awarded a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in electromagnetic engineering, which has been renewed in 2016. He serves as an associate editor for many IEEE and IET journals and as an IEEE-APS distinguished lecturer. He was elected by the URSI to the board as the vice president in 2008 and 2014 and by the IEEE AP AdCom in 2009. Email: [email protected]
Al. P. Freundorfer
Al P Freundorfer received the BASc, MASc and PhD degrees all from the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1981, 1983 and 1989, respectively. While at University of Toronto, he worked on a unique ground penetrating radar (GPR) for three-dimensional imaging of buried objects. For his post doctorate, he worked in the areas of non-linear optics of organic crystals, optical reflectometry and optical signal processing. On joining the Department of Electrical Engineering at Queen's University, he invented a coherent optical vector network analyser, which is an instrument similar to a microwave vector network analyser but at optical frequencies. Currently, he is working in the area of wireless circuits and recent work is being conducted on fully integrated direct digital transceivers. In addition to radio circuits, he is actively involved in integrated antennae, ceramic materials with application to electronics and automotive radars. He has developed a new low temperature process to deposit barium strontium titanate (BST) in thin film or bulk on ICs to construct filters and antenna. Email: [email protected]