Publication Date:
2016-06-07
Description:
The rectenna's microwave power beam absorption limit was theoretically confirmed by two mathematical models descriptive of the microwave absorption process; first one model was based on the current sheet equivalency of a large planar array above a reflector and the second model, which was based on the properties of a waveguide with special imaging characteristics, quantified the electromagnetic modes (field configurations) in the immediate vicinity of a Rectenna element spacing which permit total power beam absorption by preventing unwanted modes from propagating (scattering) were derived using these models. Several factors causing unwanted scattering are discussed.
Keywords:
ENERGY PRODUCTION AND CONVERSION
Type:
NASA, Washington The Final Proc. of the Solar Power Satellite Program Rev.; p 332-335
Format:
application/pdf
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