Rectenna composed of a circular microstrip antenna

Conference · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1986 · Space Sol. Power Rev.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6908664

Itoh, K; Ohgane, T; Ogawa, Y

One of the big problems in the SPS system is reradiation of the harmonic waves generated by the rectifying diode. The authors proposed the use of a circular microstrip antenna (CMSA), since the CMSA has no higher resonance-harmonic of integer multiple of the dominant resonance frequency. However, characteristics of a large rectenna array of CMSA's have not been clarified. This paper is concerned with the absorption efficiency of the rectenna composed of the CMSA. The efficiency is estimated explicitly using an infinite array model. The results show that the absorption efficiency of the infinite rectenna array composed of the CMSA is 100%. Also, this paper considers the effect of the losses of the composed of the CMSA is 100%. Also, this paper considers the effect of the losses of the CMSA. 4 references, 4 figures.

• Research Organization: Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo, Japan
• OSTI ID: 6908664
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Space Sol. Power Rev.; (United States) Journal Volume: 6:3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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