Title :
Development status of the beam steering control subsystem for the microwave power transmission ground experiment
Author :
Miyakawa, Takehiro ; Yajima, Masanobu ; Fukumuro, Yasuyuki ; Sasaki, Susumu ; Sasaki, Takuro ; Homma, Yukihiro ; Namura, Koji
Author_Institution :
Adv. Mission Res. Group, Japan Aerosp. Exploration Agency (JAXA), Tsukuba, Japan
Abstract :
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and the Institute for Unmanned Space Experiment Free Flyer are planning to conduct a microwave power transmission (MPT) ground experiment in fiscal year 2014. We will use an important MPT technology called beam steering control (BSC). The BSC technology accurately controls microwave beam pointing to a power receiving subsystem. We researched the BSC method and the beam pointing accuracy. This paper describes the functions and specifications of BSC, and analysis results of beam pointing accuracy in the MPT ground experiment.
Keywords :
beam steering; microwave power transmission; solar power; beam steering control subsystem; microwave beam pointing; microwave power transmission ground experiment; power receiving subsystem; Accuracy; Antenna radiation patterns; Arrays; Microwave antennas; Microwave theory and techniques; Receiving antennas; Transmitting antennas; Microwave Power Transmission; Space Solar Power Systems; beam steering control;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Workshop Series on Innovative Wireless Power Transmission: Technologies, Systems, and Applications (IMWS), 2011 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Uji, Kyoto
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-214-1
DOI :
10.1109/IMWS.2011.5877118
