Design and testing of flexible dipole rectennas

Kyo D. Song; Sang H. Choi; Walter T. Golembiewski; Kevin Henderson; Jae H. Kim; Williams Craft; Glen King

doi:10.1117/12.599711

16 May 2005 Design and testing of flexible dipole rectennas

Kyo D. Song, Sang H. Choi, Walter T. Golembiewski, Kevin Henderson, Jae H. Kim, Williams Craft, Glen King

Proceedings Volume 5763, Smart Structures and Materials 2005: Smart Electronics, MEMS, BioMEMS, and Nanotechnology; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.599711
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2005, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The previous experimental results showed that 230 volts of output was obtained from a 6 x 6 array at a far-field exposure (1.8 meters away) with an x-band input power of 20 watts. This result showed a feasibility of using a microwave to power feed and control smart actuators. Based on the previous research reported, we have achieved 500 V output level for practical applications. However, the rectenna has rigid structures that may give a limitation of flexibility of the smart actuators’ system. In order to apply this concept into real applications, the rectennas have to be flexible, so that it could be patched on smart actuators. In this paper, a design concept of various flexible rectennas and their performances in terms of design parameters such as geometry of rectenna will be discussed as well as integration for a system. The performance of flexible designed rectennas as a preliminary experiment will be presented in terms of the input power, output power of the rectennas, various shapes of rectennas in an array for difference applications, and their efficiencies.

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Kyo D. Song, Sang H. Choi, Walter T. Golembiewski, Kevin Henderson, Jae H. Kim, Williams Craft, and Glen King "Design and testing of flexible dipole rectennas", Proc. SPIE 5763, Smart Structures and Materials 2005: Smart Electronics, MEMS, BioMEMS, and Nanotechnology, (16 May 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.599711

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