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Transparent Rectenna Farms

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Using inkjet printed circuits on a transparent substrate for microwave energy harvesting for space based solar power

Hiba Murali; John Bell; Qi Cheng; Kevin Mairena; Erik Centeno; Gregory D. Durgin; Evan Shi
2017 IEEE International Conference on Wireless for Space and Extreme Environments (WiSEE)

This paper explains how to build a transparent rectenna farm cheaply.  The ability to cover square kilometers with expensive, transparent microwave harvesting circuitry — and re-using the land for agriculture, for example — is a key to making space solar power affordable.

Blake Marshall PhD Defense

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Blake Marshall will present his PhD dissertation defense on 21 December 2017 (Thursday) in Van Leer 218 at 2pm.  The dissertation is entitled, “Staggered Pattern Energy Harvesting and Retro-directive Backscatter for Passive RFID Tags.”  Blake currently works for Apple Computer in the bay area.

Wireless Power Research Program

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Here is a new summary of our wireless power research program. Active areas of wireless power include:

    • devices for low-power RF conversion
    • long-range wireless power beaming
    • high-powered microwave power transfer
    • space solar power systems
    • ambient RF scavenging