Space solar power programs and microwave wireless power transmission technology

By J. McSpadden, J. Mankins. 2002

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Subfields: Aerospace Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Enabling Wireless Power Transfer in Cellular Networks: Architecture, Modeling and Deployment (2012, background): “Based on this principle, efficient point-to-point MPT over long distances has been demonstrated in experiments of MPT powered helicopters [7] or airplanes [8], [9] and the design of solarpower satellites [10].”
Wireless Power Transmission: From Far Field to Near Field (2013, background): “Above the atmosphere, weather would not be a concern, and even the day/night cycle that limits terrestrial solar collection could be eliminated in some circumstances [7]–[10].”
5.8-GHz circularly polarized dual-diode rectenna and rectenna array for microwave power transmission (2006, methodology): “The rectenna has been used for ground-to-ground, ground-tospace, and space-to-space power transmission, and its development has been reviewed in [ 1 ]–[3].”
Power without wires (2011, unknown): “research in MPT reenergized with this project [12].”
Simultaneous Wireless Information and Power Transfer (SWIPT): Recent Advances and Future Challenges (2018, background): “There are existing systems built using microwave signals with high gain antennas, which can transfer power over far-field regions with 90% of power transmission efficiency [56], [57].”
Strategy for Microwave Energy Harvesting From Ambient Field or a Feeding Source (2012, background): “High power transfer over several kilometers has been achieved with efficiencies sometimes in excess of 70% [10], but the number of viable applications at these power levels tend to be limited due to health and safety regulations and the impact of large antenna.”
Wireless Charging Technologies: Fundamentals, Standards, and Network Applications (2015, background): “Solar power satellite (SPS), introduced in 1968, is another driving force for long-distance microwave power transfer [24].”
Theoretical Analysis of RF-DC Conversion Efficiency for Class-F Rectifiers (2014, background): “I. INTRODUCTION M ICROWAVE power transmission (MPT) is a promisingtechnology and has potential applications where the power transmission through wires is inconvenient or impossible.”
Maximum Efficiency Beam Synthesis of Radiating Planar Arrays for Wireless Power Transmission (2013, background): “power collected at a far-away receiver [1], [9], [10].”