Design of retrodirective antenna arrays for short-range wireless power transmission

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 206-211

  Li, Ying ^a   Jandhyala, Vikram ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Retrodirective array; time reversal; variability design; wire antenna array; wireless power transmission

Indexed keywords

ARRAY FACTORS; ARRAY SIZES; DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; DESIGN FACTORS; DESIGN GUIDELINES; INDUSTRIAL , SCIENTIFIC AND MEDICAL BANDS; MANUFACTURING VARIABILITY; PASSIVE RFID; PHASE CONJUGATES; RECTENNAS; RETRODIRECTIVE ANTENNAS; RETRODIRECTIVE ARRAYS; TIME REVERSAL; WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER; WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION;

ANTENNA ARRAYS; POWER TRANSMISSION;

DESIGN;

EID: 84855443727     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2011.2167897     Document Type: Article

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