Microwave energy transmission system for microrobot

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E80-C, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 303-307

  Shibata, Takayuki ^a   Aoki, Yutaka ^a   Otsuka, Manabu ^a   Idogaki, Takaharu ^a   Hattori, Tadashi ^a  

^a DENSO CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Energy transmission; Microrobot; Microwave; Waveguide; Wireless

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MICROWAVES; POWER SUPPLY CIRCUITS;

LOCOMOTIVE MECHANISMS; MICROWAVE ENERGY TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS; WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0031070294     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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