A miniature energy harvesting rectenna for operating a head-mountable deep brain stimulation device
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01/01/2015
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Resumo |
This paper presents design, implementation, and evaluation of a miniature rectenna for energy harvesting applications. The rectenna produces DC power from a distant microwave energy transmitter. The generated DC power is then utilized to operate a head-mountable deep brain stimulation device. The rectenna consists of a miniature three-layer planar inverted-F antenna and a Schottky-diode-based bridge rectifier. The antenna has a volume of π × 6 × 1.584 mm3, a resonance frequency of 915 MHz with a simulated bandwidth of 18 MHz (907-925 MHz), and a measured bandwidth of 18 MHz (910-928 MHz) at the return loss of -10 dB. A dielectric substrate of FR-4 of εr = 4.5 and δ = 0.02 is used for simulation and fabrication of the antenna and the rectifier due to its low cost. An L-section impedance matching circuit is employed between the antenna and the rectifier to reduce the mismatch loss. The impedance matching circuit operates as a low-pass filter eliminating higher order harmonics. A deep brain stimulation device is successfully operated by the rectenna at a distance of 20 cm away from a microwave energy transmitter of power 26.77 dBm. The motivation of this paper includes creation of a deep brain stimulation device that operates indefinitely without a battery. From the application standpoint, the developed energy harvesting rectenna facilitates long-term deep brain stimulation of laboratory animals for preclinical research investigating neurological disorders. |
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Idioma(s) |
eng |
Publicador |
IEEE |
Relação |
http://dro.deakin.edu.au/eserv/DU:30082410/hosain-aminiatureenergy-2015.pdf http://dro.deakin.edu.au/eserv/DU:30082410/hosain-aminiatureenergy-evid-2015.pdf http://www.dx.doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2015.2414411 |
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2015, IEEE |
Palavras-Chave | #Energy harvesting #Rectenna #Deep brain stimulation #Miniature device |
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Journal Article |