Radio Frequency Energy Harvesting Sensor Node Prototype Design

dc.contributor.advisorFapojuwo, Abraham O.
dc.contributor.authorMelethil, Akash
dc.contributor.committeememberVyas, Rushi J.
dc.contributor.committeememberNowicki, Edwin Peter
dc.date2019-06
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-02T20:24:12Z
dc.date.available2019-05-02T20:24:12Z
dc.date.issued2019-04-29
dc.description.abstractSensor devices to monitor the everyday world are becoming evermore important for the modern world. However, it is often infeasible to battery power and constantly maintain the enormous number of sensor devices that the future of wireless networks will demand. As such, a promising new mode for powering these devices is through energy harvesting; specifically, radio frequency (RF) energy harvesting poses a number of advantages when compared to other modes of powering low-power low-duty cycled devices. This thesis work proposes a sensor node device design based on RF energy harvesting as prototype implementation to show the feasibility of such a system. This work shows how sensor devices may be implemented with just energy from the ambient WiFi RF energy available in an office environment. By taking a systems approach, the RF energy harvesting sensor device is broken down into subsystem with each subsystem solving a unique problem. A working design of the different sections of the prototype including the antenna, rectifier, voltage boosting and conditioning, load system with a controller, sensor module and wireless transceiver is discussed. Finally, each of the individual subsystem is integrated together into a singular RFEH sensor module with the capacity to operate without supervision and battery while maintaining a relatively small form factor.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMelethil, A. (2019). Radio Frequency Energy Harvesting Sensor Node Prototype Design (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/36437
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/110254
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisher.facultySchulich School of Engineeringen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.en_US
dc.subjectEnergy Harvestingen_US
dc.subjectRadio Frequencyen_US
dc.subjectStochastic Geometryen_US
dc.subject.classificationEngineering--Electronics and Electricalen_US
dc.titleRadio Frequency Energy Harvesting Sensor Node Prototype Designen_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineEngineering – Electrical & Computeren_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgaryen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (MSc)en_US
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