Patent · US Expired

Power beaming system with printer circuit radiating elements having resonating cavities

US5218374A · kind A · utility

50Cited by
16References
16Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateOct 10, 1989
Grant dateJun 8, 1993
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 10, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S343/02
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method for "power beaming" energy from a source at high frequencies and rectifying such energy to provide a source of DC energy is disclosed. The system operates at a frequency of at least 10 GHz and incorporates a rectenna array having a plurality of rectenna structures that utilize circuit elements formed with microstrip circuit techniques. Each rectenna element is associated with a resonating cavity structure.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.