• DocumentCode
    2690523
  • Title

    A Microwaver Powered, Long Duration, High Altitude Platform

  • Author

    Brown, W.C.

  • fYear
    1986
  • fDate
    2-4 June 1986
  • Firstpage
    507
  • Lastpage
    510
  • Abstract
    A complete microwave power transmission system for a long-endurance, high-altitude (60,000 ft.) airship is described. The system includes an electronically steerable, active phased-array consisting of thousands of identical radiating modules to beam the power, and a light weight, thin-film rectenna mounted on the underside of the airship to absorb and rectifying the incoming microwave power. Application to an airplane is also discussed.
  • Keywords
    Airplanes; Microwave ovens; Power supplies; Power system reliability; Power transmission; Propulsion; Rectennas; Space technology; Transistors; Vehicles;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Symposium Digest, 1986 IEEE MTT-S International
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • ISSN
    0149-645X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWSYM.1986.1132233
  • Filename
    1132233