Research Article

Development of a 100 mW-Class 94 GHz High-Efficiency Single-Series Rectifier Feed by Finline for Micro-UAV Application

Table 4

Comparison with earlier works examining 94 GHz rectifiers.

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Rectification methodCMOS Schottky diodeMott diode (IPM RAS)GaAs Schottky diode (VDI)Diode-connected transistorGaAs Schottky diode (MACOM)
Technology130 nm CMOS0.254 mm PTFE0.254 mm alumina65 nm CMOS0.127 mm PTFE
Transmission lineFGCPWMSLCPWSlotlineMSL
Power supply to a rectifierDual-band LTSAFour-element MSABow-tie slotHalf-wave horizontal dipoleFinline
Input RF power2.27 mW73 mW3.16 mW2.82 mW128 mW
DC output power0.84 mW15 mW1.02 mW0.28 mW41.7 mW
Rectifying efficiency ()37%20.532.3%10%32.5%