Research Article

Estimation of Harvested RF Energy Based on Survey of Ambient RF Power for Optimized Rectifier Design

Table 3

Rectifier circuit parameters and estimated harvested energy after RF to DC conversion.

DesignPCE optimization caseNominal pin (dBm)RL (kΩ)Cm (pF)Lm (nH)Energy (mJ)

Rectifier 1Max-7.611.20.2683.39.9
Rectifier 2Mean-11.126.150.181128.69
Rectifier 3Backoff 1-17.191.210.11632.84
Rectifier 4Backoff 2-14.769.940.121503.82
Rectifier 5Backoff 3-9.015.80.2393.89.93