Journal
PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE
Volume 101, Issue 6, Pages 1379-1396Publisher
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2013.2246132
Keywords
Microwave power transmission (MPT); rectenna; rectifying antenna; retro-directivity; solar power satellite (SPS); space solar power (SSP)
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- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, USA
- NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, USA
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Microwave power transmission (MPT) is the wireless transfer of large amounts of power at microwave frequencies from one location to another. MPT research has been driven primarily by the desire to remotely power unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and by the concept of space solar power (SSP) first conceived by Dr. Peter Glaser of the Arthur D. Little Company in 1968. This paper attempts to reveal, in adequate chronological detail, many of the MPT milestones reached over the past 50 years, including those related to SSP. Key components to various MPT systems are presented as well as design schemes for achieving efficient MPT. Special focus is given to rectenna design since this particular MPT component has received the most attention from researchers over the last couple of decades.
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