Energy harvesting and power transfer for a new realm of wireless applications
with Steve Beeby and Mahmoud Wagih
22 FEBRUARY 2022
In this episode of OJAP TALKS, Dr. Masood Ur Rehman, the Lead Guest Editor of the Special Section on Millimeter-wave and Terahertz Antennas for Future Wireless Networks, talks with Prof. Steve Beeby and Dr. Mahmoud Wagih from the Centre for Flexible Electronics and E-Textiles, University of Southampton. Prof. Beeby and Dr. Wagih speak about the latest advances in wireless power transfer and energy harvesting and discuss the opportunities for improved transfer range and increased bandwidth at mm-wave frequencies.
Discover the importance of leveraging energy harvesting approaches, along with flexible energy storage devices, towards the delivery of robust and effective e-textile systems. Explore the exciting prospects of energy harvesting and power transfer for future wireless communication systems and delve into the enabling role of antenna engineering. Find out Prof. Beeby’s advice to young professionals, embarking on a career journey in the field.
Listen to the podcast and learn about energy harvesting and power transfer technologies:
- Why are these technologies important at mm-wave frequencies?
- What are the major differences between conventional RF energy harvesting and energy harvesting at mm-wave frequencies?
- What are the key performance indicators?
- Which challenges should a designer consider towards improving efficiency?
- Why is antenna design critical?
- What is the role of these technologies in flexible electronics, smart materials, and fabric antennas?
Steve Beeby is a Professor at the School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, UK, where he leads the Centre for Flexible Electronics and E-Textiles. Mahmoud Wagih is a Senior Research Fellow at the School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, UK. Masood Ur Rehman serves as a Lecturer at James Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, UK.
Read the articles by Prof. Beeby and Dr. Wagih published in IEEE OJAP:
- Meshed High-Impedance Matching Network-Free Rectenna Optimized for Additive Manufacturing
- Millimeter-Wave Power Harvesting: A Review
- Dual-Polarized Wearable Antenna/Rectenna for Full-Duplex and MIMO Simultaneous Wireless Information and Power Transfer (SWIPT)
- RF-Powered Wearable Energy Harvesting and Storage Module Based on E-Textile Coplanar Waveguide Rectenna and Supercapacitor
- Broadband Low-Loss On-Body UHF to Millimeter-Wave Surface Wave Links Using Flexible Textile Single Wire Transmission Lines
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