Theoretical and Experimental Development of 10 and 35 GHz Rectennas

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1992, Pages 1259-1266

  Yoo, Tae Whan ^a   Chang, Kai ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION, DC - SPACE APPLICATIONS; ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS, SOLID STATE - ANALYSIS;

MICROSTRIP CIRCUITS; RECTENNAS; SPACE POWER GENERATION; UTILITY POWER SATELLITES;

MICROSTRIP DEVICES;

EID: 0026882068     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.141359     Document Type: Article

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