Title :
A Microwaver Powered, Long Duration, High Altitude Platform
Abstract :
A complete microwave power transmission system for a long-endurance, high-altitude (60,000 ft.) airship is described. The system includes an electronically steerable, active phased-array consisting of thousands of identical radiating modules to beam the power, and a light weight, thin-film rectenna mounted on the underside of the airship to absorb and rectifying the incoming microwave power. Application to an airplane is also discussed.
Keywords :
Airplanes; Microwave ovens; Power supplies; Power system reliability; Power transmission; Propulsion; Rectennas; Space technology; Transistors; Vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest, 1986 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.1986.1132233
