Energy conversion and transmission modules for space solar power

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1424-1437

  Jaffe, Paul ^a,b   McSpadden, James ^c  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy conversion; microwave power transmission; solar power generation; solar power satellites (SPSs)

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY TRANSFER; INDUCTIVE POWER TRANSMISSION; MICROWAVE POWER TRANSMISSION; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

FUNCTIONAL COMPONENTS; MODULAR ARCHITECTURES; PERFORMANCE METRICS; SOLAR POWER SATELLITE SYSTEMS; SOLID STATE AMPLIFIER; TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH; TRANSMISSION MODULES; WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER;

SOLAR POWER SATELLITES;

EID: 84877923530     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2013.2252591     Document Type: Article

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