Design and experiments of a high-conversion-efficiency 5.8-GHz rectenna

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 46, Issue 12 PART 1, 1998, Pages 2053-2060

  McSpadden, James O ^a   Fan, Lu ^b   Chang, Kai ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS INSTRUMENTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Detectors; Nonlinear circuits; Power conversion; Rectennas; Rectifying antennas

Indexed keywords

DETECTORS; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; MICROWAVE POWER TRANSMISSION; MIXER CIRCUITS; NONLINEAR NETWORKS; RECTIFYING CIRCUITS; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; WAVEGUIDES;

RECTIFYING ANTENNAS;

DIPOLE ANTENNAS;

EID: 0032291529     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.739282     Document Type: Article

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