5.8-GHz circularly polarized dual-rhombic-loop traveling-wave rectifying antenna for low power-density wireless power transmission applications

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1548-1553

  Strassner, Berndie ^a,b   Chang, Kai ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Circularly polarized (CP) antennas; Coplanar stripline (CPS) filter; Microwave power transmission; Rectifying antenna; Wireless power transmission

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; BANDWIDTH; MICROWAVE POWER TRANSMISSION; STRIP TELECOMMUNICATION LINES;

POWER DENSITY;

POWER TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0038394531     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2003.810137     Document Type: Article

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