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AN ANALYSIS OF ANTENNAS AND THE EFFECT OF PROXIMATE ELEMENTS AND CONDUCTORS

Snyder, Michael Patrick (2004) AN ANALYSIS OF ANTENNAS AND THE EFFECT OF PROXIMATE ELEMENTS AND CONDUCTORS. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

When designing and implementing energy harvesting devices, additional unanticipated energy may be harvested, dissipated or lost due to interference involving proximate elements on the Printed Circuit Board (PCB) or Integrated Circuit (IC). These components can be PCB or IC traces, planes or discrete circuit components. This alters a designer's expectations as to how much energy should be harvested. Empirical analysis can be used to quantify the energy added or subtracted by proximate elements. In this thesis, the Active Remote Sensor (ARS) PCB is modified a number of times to provide enough variations to compare each section's contribution to the overall energy harvested. The differences in harvested energy will provide future designers with a better sense of layout in order to reduce or harness, this effect. Additionally, the number and arrangement of antenna and voltage doublers are modified to see which configuration(s) work most effectively.

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Item Type: University of Pittsburgh ETD
Status: Unpublished
Creators/Authors:
CreatorsEmailPitt UsernameORCID
Snyder, Michael Patrickmps@telerama.com
ETD Committee:
TitleMemberEmail AddressPitt UsernameORCID
Committee ChairMickle, Marlin Hmickle@ee.pitt.eduMICKLE
Committee MemberHoare, Raymondhoare@pitt.eduHOARE
Committee MemberHoelzeman, Ronald Ghoelzema@ee.pitt.eduHOELZEMA
Date: 8 July 2004
Date Type: Completion
Defense Date: 29 September 2003
Approval Date: 8 July 2004
Submission Date: 3 December 2003
Access Restriction: No restriction; Release the ETD for access worldwide immediately.
Institution: University of Pittsburgh
Schools and Programs: Swanson School of Engineering > Electrical Engineering
Degree: MSEE - Master of Science in Electrical Engineering
Thesis Type: Master's Thesis
Refereed: Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords: energy harvesting; interference; rfid
Other ID: http://etd.library.pitt.edu/ETD/available/etd-12032003-143149/, etd-12032003-143149
Date Deposited: 10 Nov 2011 20:07
Last Modified: 19 Dec 2016 14:37
URI: http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/9977

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