Dependence of de output of a rectenna array on the method of interconnection of its array elements

Electrical Engineering in Japan (English translation of Denki Gakkai Ronbunshi)

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 9-17

  Shinohara, Naoki ^a   Matsumoto, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Microwave power transmission; Rectenna; Solar power station (SPS)

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; RECTIFYING CIRCUITS; SOLAR POWER PLANTS;

RECTIFYING ANTENNAS;

MICROWAVE POWER TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032186716     PISSN: 04247760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6416(199810)125:1<9::aid-eej2>3.0.co;2-3     Document Type: Article

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