Evaluation of Polylactic Acid Polymer as a Substrate in Rectenna for Ambient Radiofrequency Energy Harvesting
, Tony Gerges 1,†,‡, Pascal Bevilacqua 1,†,‡, Jean-Marc Duchamp 2,‡, Philippe Benech 2,‡, Jacques Verdier 1,†,‡, Philippe Lombard 1,†,‡, Michel Cabrera 1,†,‡, Pierre Tsafack 3,‡, Fabien Mieyeville 1,†,‡ and Bruno Allard 1,*,†,‡
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
This is an interesting paper that should be documented for future researchers. The authors demonstrate the experimental data in details regarding a 2D-rectenna on PLA. The experimental data are good for future researchers’ reference. It would be good if the authors can compare their results with those of other work and commercial products. It would show how close this technique to practical industrial application.
Author Response
This is an interesting paper that should be documented for future researchers. The authors demonstrate the experimental data in details regarding a 2D-rectenna on PLA. The experimental data are good for future researchers’ reference.
Many thanks for your valuable reading of the paper and kind support.
It would be good if the authors can compare their results with those of other work and commercial products. It would show how close this technique to practical industrial application.
Reviewer’s advice leads authors introducing details in 2 tables and creating Table 4. Please take care that table numbering has been apdated.
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Reviewer 2 Report
In this manuscript, evaluation of Poly polymer as a substrate in rectenna for ambiant radiofrequency energy harvesting is presented. The study is interest to readers and the results are good.
However, there are several small problems in the manuscript.
1. Abbreviation of RFEHs is not good for Radio Frequency Energy Harvesting circuits.
2. Formats of Eqn. (1) and (2) are not proper.
3. Please check Eqn. (3) and (4).
I suggest to revise the paper to make it proper representative of the presented work.
In this manuscript, evaluation of Poly polymer as a substrate in rectenna for ambiant radiofrequency energy harvesting is presented. The study is interest to readers and the results are good.
However, there are several small problems in the manuscript.
1. Abbreviation of RFEHs is not good for Radio Frequency Energy Harvesting circuits.
2. Formats of Eqn. (1) and (2) are not proper.
3. Please check Eqn. (3) and (4).
I suggest to revise the paper to make it proper representative of the presented work.
Author Response
In this manuscript, evaluation of Poly polymer as a substrate in rectenna for ambiant radiofrequency energy harvesting is presented. The study is interest to readers and the results are good.
Many thanks for your good understanding of the paper and support.
However, there are several small problems in the manuscript.
- Abbreviation of RFEHs is not good for Radio Frequency Energy Harvesting circuits.
Reviewer is correct. RFEH will be kept as an abbreviation for Radio-Frequency Energy Harvesting: this abbreviation is already used in a large literature. Radio Frequency Energy Harvesting circuits will be shortened as RFEH circuits.
- Formats of Eqn. (1) and (2) are not proper.
Adequate modifications have been introduced. Please take care that equation numbering has been updated as detailed equations have been introduced.
- Please check Eqn. (3) and (4).
Adequate modifications have been introduced
I suggest to revise the paper to make it proper representative of the presented work.
The paper has been thoroughly revised with a significant number of additional details. Added material appears in red in the revision.
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Reviewer 3 Report
The paper is devoted to the design and experimental characterization of a 2D-rectenna for scavenging radiofrequency energy at 2.45 GHz, fabricated on Polylactic Acid Polymer (PLA). Unfortunately the paper do not attract a scientific novelty and can be considered as good technical work.
Author Response
The paper is devoted to the design and experimental characterization of a 2D-rectenna for scavenging radiofrequency energy at 2.45 GHz, fabricated on Polylactic Acid Polymer (PLA). Unfortunately the paper do not attract a scientific novelty and can be considered as good technical work.
The review has a good understanding of the paper content. Authors do not provide a novelty at antenna level nor at rectifier level. However, the proposal of a substrate material instead of the well-known and standard ones requires practical evaluation of the impact on performances. In order to proceed in a fait manner, authors have selected a simple antenna geometry that is largely used in literature and a classical one-diode rectifier for the same purpose. In that perspective it is not the paper focus to weight on a novelty aspect. Authors hope that they provide experimental results useful for archival purpose.
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