Highly efficient C-band circularly polarized rectifying antenna array for wireless microwave power transmission

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1347-1356

  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 (rectenna); Wireless power transmission

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; BANDWIDTH; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; LOOP ANTENNAS; MICROWAVE POWER TRANSMISSION; NOTCH FILTERS;

COPLANAR STRIPLINE (CPS) FILTERS;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0038721543     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2003.812252     Document Type: Article

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