Theoretical and experimental investigation of a rectenna element for microwave power transmission

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 1992, Pages 2359-2366

  McSpadden, James O ^a   Yoo, Taewhan ^a   Chang, Kai ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84884887911     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.179902     Document Type: Article

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