Modeling and Computer Simulation of a Microwave-to-DC Energy Conversion Element

Abstract

A microwave-to-dc energv conversion element consisting of a dipole antenna, a low-pass filter, a Schottky-barrier diode, and a dc filter has been modeled using a distributed transmission-line modeling technique that includes skin-effect losses. Computer simulation has shown 80-percent conversion efficiency and has indicated that the diode generates significant power at higher harmonics due to a resonance effect.