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A METHOD TO IDENTIFY THE BOUNDARIES OF

OPERATION OF A DYNAMIC MATCHING
CIRCUIT IN A 5.8GHZ RF ENERGY HARVESTER
FOR WIRELESS SENSOR NODES
Thesis Defense
May 11, 2018
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Problem Statement
• One of the key steps in implementing a dynamic matching circuit is
sensing its output voltage and its output impedance. These
parameters determine the boundaries of maximum power and
maximum voltage regions of the dynamic matching circuit.
• The dynamic matching circuit’s output voltage and output
impedance change with input power which causes the boundaries
to move. When the frequency of sensing is not faster than the
movement of the input power, the sensed data will not be useful.
• Not being able to sense the correct values of these parameters may
cause voltage losses and inefficient power transfer over a set of
input power.
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Conclusion
• The relationship between the output impedance to input power is
____.
- To be able to sense the movement of the output impedance, the frequency
of sensing must be ____.
- To be able to maintain a high power efficiency over a set of input power, the
dynamic matching circuit must match the sensed output impedance to the
antenna impedance.
• The relationship between output voltage to input power is ____.
- To be able to sense the movement of the output voltage, the frequency of
sensing must be ____.
- To be able to maintain a low voltage loss over a set of input power, the
dynamic matching circuit must boost its input voltage by ____.
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Methodology/Sub-problems
1. What parameters should be sensed?
- How many are related to maximum voltage region?
- How many are related to maximum power region?
2. How to sense these parameters?
- How often should these parameters be sensed?
3. How do these parameters move with input power?
- What should be done to compensate the movement due to input
power?
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Problem Statement
• One of the key steps in implementing a dynamic matching
circuit is sensing its output voltage and its output load. These
parameters determine the boundaries of maximum power and
maximum voltage regions of the dynamic matching circuit.
• The dynamic matching circuit’s output voltage and output load
change over PVT which causes the boundaries to move. When
the frequency of sensing is not faster than the movement due
to PVT, the sensed data will not be useful.
• This may result in an insufficient output voltage or an
unmatched load.