Efficient metasurface for electromagnetic energy harvesting with high capture efficiency and a wide range of incident angles

• Main Authors: Ahmed Ghaleb Amer, Abdulrahman, Sapuan, Syarfa Zahirah, Ashyap, Adel Y.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tayler & Francis 2022
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/8518/1/J15336_783fb90eee68839565d6509505b55420.pdf; http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/8518/; https://doi.org/10.1080/09205071.2022.2128898

This work introduces a miniaturized metasurface (MS) energy harvester operating at 5.54 GHz with a high capture efficiency and a wide incident angle. The proposed MS structure is comprised of an ensemble of electric ring resonator (ERR) array. The MS’s impedance is engineered to match free space,...