Densely Placed Rectenna Array With Decoupling Slots for Enhanced Received Power in Far-Field Wireless Power Transfer

In this paper, a rectenna array system using decoupling slots with a defected ground structure (DGS) is proposed to improve received power in wireless power transfer (WPT) applications. The proposed rectenna array features a <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$4\times...

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Main Authors: Min-Seong Kim, Dong-Hwan Park, Mohamed Elhefnawy, Wang-Sang Lee
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Published: IEEE 2025-01-01
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Dong-Hwan Park
Mohamed Elhefnawy
Wang-Sang Lee
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description In this paper, a rectenna array system using decoupling slots with a defected ground structure (DGS) is proposed to improve received power in wireless power transfer (WPT) applications. The proposed rectenna array features a <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$4\times 4$ </tex-math></inline-formula> configuration with an antenna spacing of <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\lambda _{0}/3$ </tex-math></inline-formula> and introduces decoupling slots based on a meander line DGS structure between the H-plane arrays. The proposed rectenna array operates at 5.8 GHz and has dimensions of <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$78\times 78\times 0.76$ </tex-math></inline-formula> mm3. The rectenna array achieves miniaturization, enhanced gain, and the ability to receive power regardless of the antenna polarization, through the high isolation formed by the decoupling slots. For performance validation, the operating principle of the proposed rectenna array system was theoretically analyzed and simulated. Additionally, the received power was measured based on the polarization of the transmitting antenna, and the results were compared with a conventional rectenna array and a proposed rectenna array without decoupling slots, both with the same area. The measurements show that the rectenna array with decoupling slots improves the power reception in environments with polarization mismatch, compared to the conventional rectenna arrays.
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spelling doaj-art-fd77df7e003b4046b95a25ac7742b6b32025-08-20T02:55:53ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362025-01-0113432494325810.1109/ACCESS.2025.354897410915655Densely Placed Rectenna Array With Decoupling Slots for Enhanced Received Power in Far-Field Wireless Power TransferMin-Seong Kim0https://orcid.org/0009-0003-8496-9715Dong-Hwan Park1https://orcid.org/0009-0005-8189-3465Mohamed Elhefnawy2Wang-Sang Lee3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6414-2150Department of Electronic Engineering, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, South KoreaDepartment of Electronic Engineering, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, South KoreaDepartment of Electronic Engineering, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, South KoreaDepartment of Electronic Engineering, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, South KoreaIn this paper, a rectenna array system using decoupling slots with a defected ground structure (DGS) is proposed to improve received power in wireless power transfer (WPT) applications. The proposed rectenna array features a <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$4\times 4$ </tex-math></inline-formula> configuration with an antenna spacing of <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\lambda _{0}/3$ </tex-math></inline-formula> and introduces decoupling slots based on a meander line DGS structure between the H-plane arrays. The proposed rectenna array operates at 5.8 GHz and has dimensions of <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$78\times 78\times 0.76$ </tex-math></inline-formula> mm3. The rectenna array achieves miniaturization, enhanced gain, and the ability to receive power regardless of the antenna polarization, through the high isolation formed by the decoupling slots. For performance validation, the operating principle of the proposed rectenna array system was theoretically analyzed and simulated. Additionally, the received power was measured based on the polarization of the transmitting antenna, and the results were compared with a conventional rectenna array and a proposed rectenna array without decoupling slots, both with the same area. The measurements show that the rectenna array with decoupling slots improves the power reception in environments with polarization mismatch, compared to the conventional rectenna arrays.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10915655/Defected ground structure (DGS)polarization mismatchpower conversion efficiency (PCE)power transfer efficiency (PTE)rectennawireless power transfer (WPT)
spellingShingle Min-Seong Kim
Dong-Hwan Park
Mohamed Elhefnawy
Wang-Sang Lee
Densely Placed Rectenna Array With Decoupling Slots for Enhanced Received Power in Far-Field Wireless Power Transfer
IEEE Access
Defected ground structure (DGS)
polarization mismatch
power conversion efficiency (PCE)
power transfer efficiency (PTE)
rectenna
wireless power transfer (WPT)
title Densely Placed Rectenna Array With Decoupling Slots for Enhanced Received Power in Far-Field Wireless Power Transfer
title_full Densely Placed Rectenna Array With Decoupling Slots for Enhanced Received Power in Far-Field Wireless Power Transfer
title_fullStr Densely Placed Rectenna Array With Decoupling Slots for Enhanced Received Power in Far-Field Wireless Power Transfer
title_full_unstemmed Densely Placed Rectenna Array With Decoupling Slots for Enhanced Received Power in Far-Field Wireless Power Transfer
title_short Densely Placed Rectenna Array With Decoupling Slots for Enhanced Received Power in Far-Field Wireless Power Transfer
title_sort densely placed rectenna array with decoupling slots for enhanced received power in far field wireless power transfer
topic Defected ground structure (DGS)
polarization mismatch
power conversion efficiency (PCE)
power transfer efficiency (PTE)
rectenna
wireless power transfer (WPT)
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10915655/
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