Abstract
A novel coplanar waveguide-fed rectenna with high efficiency is proposed and implemented in this paper for 2.45-GHz Bluetooth/ wireless local area network applications. The antenna has compact dimensions of 18 mm \times \,\, 30 mm, which is simulated and manufactured using a low-cost FR4 substrate with a thickness of 1.6 mm. A tuning stub technique with rectangular slots is used for better impedance matching and enhancing the impedance bandwidth of the antenna with a peak gain of 5.6 dB. The proposed novel antenna for RF energy harvesting applications exhibits dipolelike radiation pattern in H -plane and omnidirectional pattern in E -plane with improved radiation efficiency. Single-stage Cockcroft-Walton rectifier with L-shaped impedance-matching network is designed in advance design system and fabricated on FR4 substrate. The dc output of the rectenna is measured as 3.24 V with a load resistance of 5 \text{k}\Omega . A simulated peak conversion efficiency of 75.5% is attained, whereas the measured one is observed to be 68% with an input signal power of 5 dBm at 2.45 GHz.