Table 1 Electrically Small Antenna Comparisons.

From: Efficient and Sensitive Electrically Small Rectenna for Ultra-Low Power RF Energy Harvesting

 

ka

gain (dBi)

RE (%)

radiation pattern

2

0.645

2.03+

71.6+

directional

3

0.498

0.53+

75+

nearly isotropic

4

0.497

3.69*

81.88*

directional

5

0.46

1.77*

90.86*

nearly omni-directional

6

0.45

1.99*

96.8*

omni-directional

7

0.467

1.063*

66.5*

omni-directional

8

0.996

1.87*

omni-directional

9

0.629

1.33*

92.3*

directional

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0.415

1.43*

93*

omni-directional

  1. +Measured, *Simulated.