Research Article

A Compact Dual-Band Rectenna for GSM900 and GSM1800 Energy Harvesting

Table 3

Comparison with recently reported rectennas.

Ref.Freq (GHz)Dimension (mm3)Fabrication complexityPeak Eff @ power density (μW/cm2)

[2]2.45110 × 100 × 4.7Medium,
3 layers PCB
63% @ 525
[4]0.98
1.8
100 × 90 × 0.8Easy,
2 layers PCB
60.4% @ 44
17% @ 157
[15]0.915
2.45
60 × 60 × 30Difficult,
3D PCB
48% @ 7.6
39% @ 32
This work0.88
1.85
100 × 60 × 0.8Easy,
2 layers PCB
62% @ 15.9
50% @ 19.1