TY - JOUR
T1 - A flexible dipole antenna for direct transduction of microwave radiated power into DC mechanical deflection
AU - Ruiz, R.
AU - Bonache, J.
AU - Abadal, G.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Authors
PY - 2022/6/16
Y1 - 2022/6/16
N2 - A new device resulting from the merging of mechanical and electromagnetic properties of a couple of conductive cantilevered beams is described in this paper. The device, which is based on two metallic clamped-free beams which, at the same time, are the arms of a radio frequency dipole antenna is capable to receive the electromagnetic power radiated from an emitting antenna and transduce it directly in a dc mechanical actuation. A numerical model developed to describe the behavior of the device has been validated through the test of a millimeter scale demonstrator working in the microwave frequency band.
AB - A new device resulting from the merging of mechanical and electromagnetic properties of a couple of conductive cantilevered beams is described in this paper. The device, which is based on two metallic clamped-free beams which, at the same time, are the arms of a radio frequency dipole antenna is capable to receive the electromagnetic power radiated from an emitting antenna and transduce it directly in a dc mechanical actuation. A numerical model developed to describe the behavior of the device has been validated through the test of a millimeter scale demonstrator working in the microwave frequency band.
KW - Electrostatic actuation
KW - RF-MEMS
KW - Wireless power transfer
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85128207675&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2022.113536
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2022.113536
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85128207675
SN - 0924-4247
VL - 340
JO - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical
JF - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical
M1 - 113536
ER -