Outline and progress of the Japanese microwave energy transmission program for SSPS

Author

Fuse, Yoshiharu ; Saito, Takashi ; Mihara, Shoichiro ; Ijichi, Koichi ; Namura, Koji ; Honma, Yukihiro ; Sasaki, Takuro ; Ozawa, Yuichiro ; Fujiwara, Eiichiro ; Fujiwara, Teruo

Author_Institution

Inst. for Unmanned Space Exp. Free Flyer(USEF), Tokyo, Japan

fYear

2011

Firstpage

47

Lastpage

50

Abstract

Institute for Unmanned Space Experiment Free Flyer, USEF, has been studying Space Solar Power System, SSPS, as future electricity alternative energy source since 1990s. From 2009, USEF started research and development project of Microwave Ground Wireless Power Transmission under a support of Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, METI. This project plans to test ground wireless power transmission as a previous stage to the next space proof of SSPS. Also this project includes the study for high efficient and thin structured phased array antenna, and the study for high efficient rectenna element. In this paper, outline and progress of this project are introduced.

Keywords

antenna phased arrays; energy resources; rectennas; research and development; solar power stations; Institute for Unmanned Space Experiment Free Flyer; Japanese microwave energy transmission program; METI; Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry; SSPS; USEF; electricity alternative energy source; microwave ground wireless power transmission; phased array antenna; rectenna element; research and development project; space solar power system; Arrays; Microwave amplifiers; Microwave filters; Power amplifiers; Power transmission; Rectennas; Demonstration Testing; Microwave Power Transmission; Receiving Rectenna (Rectifying Antenna); SSPS (Space Solar Power System); Transmission Phased Array;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Workshop Series on Innovative Wireless Power Transmission: Technologies, Systems, and Applications (IMWS), 2011 IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Uji, Kyoto

ISSN

2157-362X

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-214-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMWS.2011.5877088

Filename

5877088