Development of a retrodirective wireless microwave power transmission system

Author

Hsieh, L.H. ; Strassner, B.H. ; Kokel, S.J. ; Rodenbeck, C.T. ; Li, M.Y. ; Chang, K. ; Little, F.E. ; Arndt, G.D. ; Ngo, P.H.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

22-27 June 2003

Firstpage

393

Abstract

This paper describes the design of a small-scale system for demonstrating retrodirective wireless power transmission. A solid-state phased array transmitter with retrodirective control drives two 5.8 GHz circular-polarized (CP) transmit antenna subarrays that illuminate a remote CP rectenna array. The total power transmitted is about 40 W. A 2.9 GHz pilot beam projected from the rectenna site is received at the transmit site and processed for retrodirective control of the 5.8 GHz transmitter.

Keywords

antenna phased arrays; loop antennas; microwave antenna arrays; microwave power transmission; receiving antennas; transmitting antennas; 2.9 GHz; 40 W; 5.8 GHz; circular-polarized transmit antenna subarrays; loop antennas; pilot beam; remote CP rectenna array; retrodirective control; retrodirective wireless microwave power transmission system; solid-state phased array transmitter; total transmitted power; Antenna arrays; Electromagnetic radiation; Optical arrays; Optical transmitters; Phased arrays; Power transmission; Receiving antennas; Rectennas; Space stations; Transmitting antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2003. IEEE

Conference_Location

Columbus, OH, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7846-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2003.1219259

Filename

1219259