Abstract
We present a metasurface electromagnetic energy harvester based on electrically small resonators. An array of 8 x 8 cross resonatorswas designed to operate at 3GHz. Unlike earlier designs of metasurface harvesters where each resonator was connected to a single rectifier or load, in this work the received power by all resonators is channeled to a single rectifier which in turn channels theDCenergy to a single 50 Omega resistive load. The critical advantage of the proposed structure is maximizing power density per diode which maximizes the diode turn-on time. We show through simulation and measurements that the proposed metasurface harvester provides Radiation to DC conversion efficiency of more than 40%. (C) 2017 Author(s).