ABSTRACT
Contents 13.1 Introduction ............................................................................................ 342 13.2 RF Energy Harvesting ............................................................................ 342 13.3 Review of Energy Harvesting Systems and Power Consumption in
WSNs ...................................................................................................... 344 13.3.1 Ambient RF Sources and Available Power ................................... 344
13.4 RF Energy Harvesting and the Use of the Powercast Harvester ...............345 13.4.1 Intentional Energy Harvesting ..................................................... 346 13.4.2 ‡e Powercast TX91501 Powercaster Transmitter ........................ 348 13.4.3 Powercast Power Harvester Receiver ............................................ 348 13.4.4 Measurement of RF Power Received and Gains ............................349
