Research Article

A Dual-Band Antenna for RF Energy Harvesting Systems in Wireless Sensor Networks

Table 2

Overview of RF harvesting energy antenna.

Type of antennaFrequencyMaximum voltageMaximum performanceEnergy harvested Reference

Folded patch antenna
Maximum power received is −10 dBm
2.4 GHzn/an/a373,248 μW[22]

Spiral antenna
Maximum power received is −42 dBm
2.4 GHzn/a 0.60%400 pW[23]

Patch antenna500–700 MHz134 mV 18.2% 
(Pin = −20 dBm)
n/a[24]

Loop antenna954 kHz520 mVn/a 60.4 μJ[25]