2.45 GHz power and data transmission for a low-power autonomous sensors platform

ABSTRACT

This paper describes a power conversion and data recovery system for a microwave powered sensor platform. A patch microwave antenna, a matching filter and a rectifier make the system frontend and implement the RF-to-DC conversion of power carrier. The efficiency of the power conversion is as high as 47% with an input power level 250 µW at 2.45 GHz. Then, a 0.18 µm CMOS integrated circuit extracts the clock and the digital data. A modified pulse amplitude modulation scheme is used to modulate the data on the 2.45 GHz carrier frequency for combined data and power transmission; this scheme allows very low power consumption of the entire IC to be less than 10 µW and making the system suitable for an autonomous wireless connected sensor module.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  B. Hardware
  B.7 INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
      B.7.1 Types and Design Styles
          Subjects: VLSI (very large scale integration)

General Terms:
Design

Keywords:
RF to DC power conversion, low power clock and data recovery, microwave power transmission, wireless sensor