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    United S t a t e s

    P a t e n t

    US007154451B1

    ( 1 2 ) ( 1 0 ) P a t e n t N 0 . : US 7 , 1 5 4 , 4 5 1

    B 1

    S i e v e n p i p e r ( 4 5 ) D a t e o f P a t e n t : D e c . 2 6 , 2 0 0 6

    (54) LARGEAPERTURE RECTENNA

    BASEDON 4 , 3 6 7 , 4 7 5 A

    1 / 1 9 8 3 Schiavone

    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    343/767

    PLANARLENS STRUCTURES 4,370,659 A 1/1983 Chu

    t a 1 .

    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    . .

    343/772

    4,387,377 A 6/1983

    Kandler

    .

    343/756

    ( 7 5 ) I n v e n t o r :

    Daniel

    F .

    S i e v e n p i p e r , S a n t a

    Monica,

    4 , 3 9 5 , 7 1 3

    A

    7 / 1 9 8 3

    N e l s o n

    e t

    3 1

    3 4 3 / 7 1 3

    CA

    Us )

    4,443,802 A 4/1984

    M ayes

    . . . . . .

    . .

    343/729

    4, 59 0, 478

    A

    5/19 86 Powers

    e t

    a l .

    . . . . .

    . .

    3 4 3 / 700 MS

    ( 7 3 )

    Assignee; HRL aboratories,

    LLC

    M a l i bu

    4 , 5 9 4 , 5 9 5

    A

    6 / 1 9 8 6

    S t r u c k m a n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    . .

    3 4 3 / 7 7 0

    Canyon CA

    Us)

    4 , 6 7 2 , 3 8 6

    A

    6 / 1 9 8 7 W o o d . 3 4 3 / 7 7 0

    4,684,953

    A 8/1987 Hall

    . .

    .343/725

    (

    *

    )

    N o t i c e : S u b j e c t

    t o any d i s c l a i m e r ,

    t h e term of h i s

    4 , 7 0 0 , 1 9 7

    A

    1 0 / 1 9 8 7

    M i l n e - 3 4 3 / 8 3 7

    patent

    i s

    e x t e n d e d or adjusted u n d e r 3 5

    4 , 7 3 7 , 7 9 5 A

    4/1988 Nagy e t a 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343/712

    USC' 1 5 4 6 ) )

    by

    0 d a y s '

    4 , 7 4 9 , 9 9 6 A 6 / 1 9 8 8

    T r e s s e l t

    . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    . . 3 4 3 / 7 0 0

    Ms

    4, 760, 402 A 7 / 1 9 8 8 MlZuno t a 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 3 / 71 3

    ( 2 1 )

    APPL

    NO, 10,944,032 4 , 7 8 2 , 3 4 6 A 1 1 / 1 9 8 8 shanna

    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 3 / 7 9 5

    4 , 8 0 3 , 4 9 4 A

    2 / 1 9 8 9

    N o r r i s

    e t

    a l .

    3 4 3 / 7 7 0

    ( 2 2 )

    Film: 561,47, 2004

    4 , 8 2 1 , 0 4 0

    A 4 / 1 9 8 9

    J o h n s o n e t

    a 1 .

    .

    3 4 3 / 7 0 0 Ms

    4, 8 3 5 , 541 A

    5 / 1 9 8 9 Johnson e t

    a l .

    . . . . . . . 343/713

    (51)

    Int CL

    4,843,400 A 6/1989

    Tsao

    e t

    a 1 .

    . . . . . . . . .

    . . 343/700 Ms

    HoIQ 1 5 / 0 2

    ( 2 0 0 6 0 1 ) 4 , 8 4 3 , 4 0 3 A

    6 / 1 9 8 9 L a l e Z a r i

    ( I t

    a l . . . . . . . . . . . .

    . .

    3 4 3 / 7 6 7

    4 , 8 5 3 , 7 0 4

    A 81 989

    DiaZ

    eta.

    343

    767

    HoIQ 19/06 (2 00601)

    4 , 9 0 3 , 0 3 3

    A

    2 / 1 9 9 0 T s a o e t

    a l . . .

    3 4 3 / 7 0 0

    MS

    (52)

    US.

    Cl.

    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 3 / 9 0 9 ; 3 4 3 / 7 5 3 4,905,014 A 2/1990 Gonzalez e t a 1 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 343/909

    (58)

    Field of

    Classi?cation

    S earch

    . . . . . . .

    . .

    3 4 3 / 700 MS,

    3 4 3 / 7 5 6 , 7 5 4 , 7 5 3 , 9 0 9 ,

    7 0 1

    _

    S e e a p p l i c a t i o n

    ? l e f o r

    c o m p l e t e

    s e a r c h

    h i s t o r y .

    ( c o m l n u e d )

    ( 5 6 )

    R e f e r e n c e s

    C i t e d

    FOREIGN

    PATENT

    DOCUMENTS

    U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS

    DE 1 9 6

    00

    609

    A 1

    4 / 1 9 9 4

    3,267,480 A

    8/1966

    Lerner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    343/911

    _

    3,560,978

    A 2/1971 Himmel

    t a 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    343/106 (comlnued)

    3,810,183

    A 5/1974 Krutsinger

    e t

    a 1 . . . . . . . . . .

    3 4 3 / 7 0 8 Primar E . iD

    W

    3 ,96 1 ,3 3 3 A

    6 / 1 9 7 6

    Purinton . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 3 / 8 7 2 _ y xaml'? on Ong .

    4 , 0 4 5 , 8 0 0

    A 8 / 1 9 7 7 Tang e t a 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    . .

    3 4 3 / 8 5 4

    4 331 mm

    Exammer*Ang?1a M le

    4 , 0 5 1 , 4 7 7

    A

    9 / 1 9 7 7 Mur phy t a 1 . . . . . . . 3 4 3 / 7 0 0

    MS

    ( 7 4 )

    A l l o y / 1 6 y , A g e / 1 Z 1

    or F

    r m i L a d a s

    & arry LLP

    4,119,972

    A

    10/19 78 Fletcher

    e t

    a l . . . . . . . . . . . .

    . . 3 4 3 / 8 4 4

    4 , 1 2 3 , 7 5 9

    A

    1 0 / 1 9 7 8

    H i n e s

    e t

    a 1 .

    3 4 3 / 8 5 4

    ( 5 7 )

    ABSTRACT

    4 ,1 24 ,8 5 2 A 1 1 / 1 97 8 S t eu d e l

    . . . . .

    . . .343/854

    4 , 1 5 0 , 3 8 2 A 4/1979 Klng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343/754 A r e c t e n n a

    S t r u c t u r e

    Comprising a ? e x i b l e , d i e l e c t r i c S h e e t o f

    4 , 1 7 3 , 7 5 9 A 1 1 / 1 9 7 9 Bakhru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 3 / 1 0 0 m a t e r i a l ; a

    p l u r a l i t y

    o f m e t a l l i c l e n s l e t s disposed o n

    the

    i

    s h e e t

    o f m a t e r i a l ; a n d a p l u r a l i t y o f d i o d e s d i s p o s e d o n t h e

    4 2 2 0 9 5 4

    A 9 / l 9 8 0 M a r c h l a n d ' t ' .

    . 3 4 3 / 1 1 3

    R

    s h e e t

    o f m a t e r l a l ,

    e a c h

    d l o d e

    1 n s a 1 d p l u r a l 1 t y o f

    d i o d e s

    bemg

    4 , 2 3 6 , 1 5 8

    A

    1 1 / 1 9 8 0 D a n i e l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    . . 3 4 3 / 1 0 0

    LE

    a r r a n g e d

    a t a f o c u s O f a Correspondmg one of s a 1 d p l u r a l 1 t y

    4,242,685 A

    12/1980 Sanf or d

    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343/770

    o f m e t a l h c l e n s l e t s '

    4,2 66, 2 03 A 5/19 81

    S a u d re a u e t a l . .

    . . 3 3 3 / 21 A

    4 , 3 0 8 , 5 4 1 A 1 2 / 1 9 8 1 S e i d e l e t a 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343/786

    24 Claims, 6 Drawing

    Sheets

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    U S 7 , 1 5 4 , 4 5 1 B1

    P a g e

    2

    US.

    PATENT

    DOCUMENTS 6,081,239 A 6/2000 Sabet e t a l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343/753

    4 9 1 6

    4 5 7

    A 4 / 1 9 9 0

    F o y

    e t a l 3 4 3 / 7 7 0

    2 8 3 3 ? ;

    2 2 , 5 8 8 8 2 4 8 1 1 8 8 5 3 1

    3 3 3 2 5 7 7 6 5 1 ;7 ~

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    ~ oetZet . .............. .

    4 , 9 2 2 , 2 6 3

    A 5 / 1 9 9 0 Dubost e r a 1 ~ 343/797

    6 , 1 1 8 , 4 0 6

    A 9 / 2 0 0 0 Josypenko

    . . . . . . . . .

    . . 343/700 MS

    4,958,165

    A

    9/1990 A X f O I d

    e t a 1 ~

    343/770 6,118,410

    A 9/2000

    Nagy

    . . . . . . .

    . . 343/713

    4,975,712 A * 12/1990 Chen

    - - - - - - - -

    3 4 3 / 754

    6, 12 7, 9 08 A

    10 / 2000 B ozle re t a l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3 3 / 24 6

    5,021,795

    A

    6/1991

    Maiulis

    - -

    343/700

    MS

    6,150,989

    A

    11/2000

    Aubry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    . .

    343/767

    2 8 3 3 1 3 3 A

    1 2 % ; ; g e l n h e d e r

    e t

    a 1 ~

    -

    6,154,176 A 11/2000 Fathy e t a l . . 343/700

    MS

    1 r 1112 --------------

    6, 166, 705

    A

    12 /2 000

    Mast t

    a l .

    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 3 / 8 5 3

    5,081,466

    A 1/1992

    B i t t e r / J 1

    343 /767

    6,175,337

    B1* 1/2001 Jasper e t a l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    343/770

    5,115,217

    A

    5/1992

    M c G r a t h

    e t a 1 . 3 3 3 /246 6,175,723

    B1 V2001

    Rothwell,

    In

    N

    455/63

    5, 14 6 , 2 3 5

    A

    9/1992

    F r e s e - - - - - - - - - -

    3 4 3 / 8 95 6, 188, 369 B1 2/2001 Okabe etal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 3 / 7 6 7

    5,148,182

    A 9/ 1 992

    Gautier

    e t a 1 ~ 3 4 3 / 754

    6,191,724

    B1

    2/2001 M6Ewari

    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    342 /2 1

    5,208,603 A 5 / 1993 Y e e . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    . .

    343/909 6,198,438 B1 3/2001 H e r d

    e t

    a 1 _ _ 343/700 MS

    5,218,374

    A 6/1993

    K06

    r a 1

    3 4 3 / 7 8 9 6,198,441

    B 1

    3/2001

    O k a b e e t a l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    343/702

    2 , 5 2 2 , 2 3 2

    A

    1 2 % ; ;

    u d 1 r f n t e t l a 1

    6 , 2 0 4 , 8 1 9

    B1

    3 / 2 0 0 1

    H a y e s e t a l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    3 4 3 / 7 0 2

    4 a

    u ? e a

    6 ,21 8 ,91 2

    B1

    4 / 20 0 1

    Mayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333/106

    5268701

    A

    12/1993 S m l ? . ' 3 4 3 / 7 6 7 6, 2 18, 9 9 7 B1 4/2001

    L i n d e n m e i e r e t a l .

    . . . .

    . .

    3 4 3 / 725

    2 5 1 3 g : x g s t ? d e g t a i l i ' h o g ?

    6 , 2 4 6 , 3 7 7 B 1 6 / 2 0 0 1

    A i e l l o e t a l . 3 4 3 / 7 0 0

    5,287,118 A 2/1994 Budd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343/909 6252473

    B 1

    6/2001 A n d o I 333/105

    5,402,134

    A

    3/1995

    M i l l e r

    e t a l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343/742

    6285325 B 1

    9/2001

    Na lb a n d m n

    e t a 1 343/700

    MS

    5 , 4 0 6 , 2 9 2

    A

    4/l995 S c h n e t z e r e t a l 343/700

    MS

    6 , 3 0 7 , 5 1 9

    B1

    1 0 / 2 0 0 1

    L 1 v 1 n g s t ( - ) n

    e t a 1 . . . . . . . .

    . .

    343/767

    5,519,408 A

    5 / 1996

    SchnetZer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 3 / 7 6 7 6,317,095 B1 11/2001 T f i s h l r o g g l e t a 1 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 343/785

    5 , 5 2 5 , 9 5 4 A 6 / 1 9 9 6 Komazaki e t a l . 3 3 3 / 2 1 9 6 , 3 2 3 , 8 2 6 B1 1 1 / 2 0 0 1 s l e v e n p l p e r 9 t

    9 1

    3 4 3 / 9 0 9

    5, 531, 018

    A 7 / 1996 saia e t

    a l .

    . . . . . . . .

    2 9 /62 2 6, 331,2 57 B1 12/2001 L00

    e r

    a 1 -

    - -

    2 16/13

    5,532,709

    A 7 / 1996

    Talty

    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 3 / 8 1 9

    6, 337, 668 B1 V2002

    I t o e r

    a 1 - - - -

    - - 3 4 3 / 8 3 3

    5,534,877

    A

    7/1996

    sorbeno

    e 1 3 1 , 343/700

    MS 6,366,254

    B1 4/2002 Sievenpiper

    e t

    a 1 . . . . . . . . . 343/700

    5 ,5 4 1 ,6 1 4 A 7 / 1 9 9 6 L a r r i etal.

    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    3 4 3 / 7 92. 5 6 ,3 7 3 ,3 4 9 B1 4/2 002 Gilbelt

    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    3 3 3 / 1 2 6

    5,557,291

    A 9/ 1 996

    Chu

    t a l . . . . . . . 3 4 3 / 725

    6, 380, 89 5

    B1 4 / 2002 Moren t a l . . . . . . . . . 3 4 3 / 700 MS

    5,581,266

    A

    12/ 1996 Pe n g e t

    a 1 .

    . . . . . . . . . . 343/770 6, 388, 631 B1 5/2002 L iv in gs ton e t

    a 1 .

    . . . . . . . . . 343/767

    5 , 5 8 9 , 8 4 5 A 12/1996 Y a n d r o f s k i e r a 1 . . . 343/909 6 , 3 9 2 , 6 1 0

    B1

    5/2002

    Braun

    e t a l . 343/876

    5 ,5 98 ,1 7 2 A

    * V1997 Chekroun

    - - - - - - - -- 3 4 3 / 7 5 4 6 ,4 0 4 ,3 90

    B1

    6/2 002

    Sheen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    . . 3 4 3 / 7 0 0

    MS

    5,600,325 A 2/1997 Whelan

    t

    91

    - - - -

    - -

    342/13

    6,404,401 B1

    6 / 2002

    Gilb en e t a l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343/780

    5 ,6 1 1 ,94 0 A 3 / 1 9 9 7 Z e t ? e r

    ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

    7351416 6 ,4 0 7 ,7 1 9

    B1

    6 / 2 0 0 2 O h i r a

    etal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    3 4 3 / 8 9 3

    5,619,365 A 4/1997 R h o a d s e t a 1 ~ 359/248 6,417,807

    B1

    7/2002

    Hsu

    t

    a l . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343/700 MS

    5519366 A 4/1997 R 1 1 0 3 ?

    e t

    a 1 359/248

    6,424,319

    B1 7/2002 Ebling e t a l .

    . . . . . . . . . .

    . .

    343/911 L

    2 , 2 3 5 3 % 2 5 1 3 3 ; 2 2 3 2 0 1 3 3 1 3 3 3 % ? 6 , 4 2 6 , 7 2 2

    B 1

    7 / 2 0 0 2 S i e v e n p i p e r e t a l . . 3 4 3 / 7 0 0 M S

    5 , 6 4 4 , 3 1 9

    A 7 / 1 9 9 7 Chen e t 3 4 3 / 7 0 2

    6 4 4 0 7 6 7

    B1

    8 / 2 0 0 2

    LOO

    e t

    a 1

    4 3 8 / 5 2

    536943134

    A

    12,1997 Barnes _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6,469,673

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    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 3 / 70 3

    5 , 7 2 1 , 1 9 4 A 2,1998

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    e t 3 1 6 , 4 7 3 , 3 6 2

    B1

    10/2002

    G _ a b b a y _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    . . 367/119

    5 , 7 6 7 , 8 0 7

    A

    6/1998 P r i t c h e t t

    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    342/374 6 , 4 8 3 , 4 8 0

    B1 11/2002 SFVGHEPGT e t a 1 ~

    343/909

    5 , 8 0 8 , 5 2 7

    A 9 / 1 9 9 8

    D e LOS S a n t o s 6 , 4 9 6 , 1 5 5 B1 1 2 / 2 0 0 2 S l e v e n pl p e r e t

    a l .

    3 4 3 / 7 7 0

    5,874,915

    A

    2/ 1999 L e e etal.

    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    . . 3 42/ 3 75 6518931 B1 2 /2 003 Siev en p i p er - - - - - ~ ~ 3 4 3 / 7 0 0

    5,392,485

    A 4 / 1 9 9 9

    Glab e

    e t a 1 , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 4 3 / 7 3 9

    6,525,695 B1* 2 /2 003

    M c K i n Z i e ,

    I I I

    . . . . . . . . . . .

    . .

    3 4 3 / 75 6

    5, 89 4,2 88

    A

    4 / 1 9 9 9

    L e e

    e t

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    6,538,621 B1 3/2003 Siev en p i p er

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    9 1

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    5,905,465 A

    5 / 1999

    Olson

    e t

    a l .

    . . . . . . .

    . .

    3 4 3 / 700

    MS 6, 515, 635

    B1 4 / 200 3 C h i a n g e t a l . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    . .

    3 4 3 / 8 3 4

    5,923,303 A

    7 / 1999

    Schwengler e t a 1 .

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    . . 343/853 6,552,696 B1

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    5,926,139

    A

    7/1999

    KoriSCh

    . . . . . . .

    . .

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    6,624,720 B 1 9/2003 Allison e t a l .

    333/105

    5,929,819

    A 7 / 1999 Gr inb er g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 3 / 754

    6, 642 , 389

    B1

    11/2 003 McGrath

    _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

    _ _

    3 4 3 / 700 MS

    5943016

    A

    8/1999 S n y d e r , J r

    e r a1

    343/700

    MS

    6,657,525 B1

    12/2003

    D i 6 1 < e r i s

    e t a l .

    . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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    5945951 A 8 / 1 9 9 9 Monte eta1~

    - - - - - -

    - - 3 4 3 / 700 MS 6,741,207 B1 5/2 004 Allison etal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342 /371

    5 ,94 9,3 8 2 A 9 / 1 9 9 9 Quan

    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    3 4 3 / 7 6 7 6 ,8 22,6 22 B1 i< ll/ 20 0 4 Crawford t ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 3 4 3 / 9 0 9

    2 8 2 2 1 2 1 2 8 / 1 2 2 : 3 2 : 1 1 : 1 1 : 3 7 5 2 2 2 2 : 3 4 3 3 5 3 4 3 ; ; g g g g g g j g g g ;

    6,005,519 A 12/1999 Burns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    343/700

    MS me a

    ,005,521

    A 12/1999 suguro e t a l . . . . . . . .

    343/700

    MS

    7026993

    131* 40006

    21mg

    t

    a l 343/700 MS

    6 , 0 0 8 , 7 7 0

    A 12,1999

    su g a w a m

    343,767

    2001 / 00 3 5 8 01 A1

    1 1 / 2 0 0 1 G l l b e l t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    ..333/126

    6 ,0 1 6 ,1 25 A 1 ,20 0 0 J o h a n s s o n ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' '

    3 4 3 , 7 0 2

    2002/0036586

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    6,028,561 A 2/2000 Takei . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343 /767 2003/0112186 A1* 6/2003

    SW11?

    t a 1 ~ - 343/700 MS

    6 , 0 2 8 , 6 9 2 A

    20 0 0 0

    Rhoads e t a 1

    _ 359/245

    2003/0122721

    A 1 7/2003 S l e v e n p l p e r

    .343/767

    6 , 0 3 4 , 6 4 4 A 3/2000

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    a l .

    . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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    343/767

    2003/0193446 A1

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    Chen

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    6 ,0 3 4 ,6 5 5 A

    3 / 2 0 0 0

    You . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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    d i s c l o s u r e s o f t h e s e a p p l i c a t i o n s a r e

    h e r e b y

    i n c o r p o r a t e d h e r e i n b y

    r e f e r e n c e .

    T h i s d i s c l o s u r e i s

    a l s o

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    two n o n - p r o v i s i o n a l a p p l i c a t i o n s t h a t were

    ? l e d c l a i m i ng

    t h e

    b e n e ? t o f

    t h e

    a f o r e m e n t i o n e d a p p l i c a

    t i o n s . The t w o n o n - p r o v i s i o n a l a p p l i c a t i o n s

    h a v e

    S e r . N o s .

    1 0 / 7 9 2 , 4 1 1 and

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    and

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    on

    M a r . 2 ,

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    a p p l i

    c a t i o n s a r e a l s o

    i n c o r p o r a t e d h e r e i n

    by

    r e f e r e n c e .

    TECHNICAL F I EL D

    The

    t e c h n o l o g y d i s c l o s e d h e r e i n r e l a t e s t o a l i g h t w e i g h t ,

    h i g h - e ? i c i e n c y r e c t e n na

    and

    t o

    a

    m e t h o d

    o r

    a r c h i t e c t u r e

    f o r

    m a k i n g s a m e . Rectennas

    can be

    u s e f u l

    f o r

    a v a r i e t y

    of

    a p p l i c a t i o n s

    i n

    t h e ? e l d

    o f

    beaming RF p o w e r , which

    c a n

    b e

    u s e f u l

    f o r

    s a t e l l i t e s , Z e p p e l i n s , a n d

    UAVs.

    BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

    Rectennas a r e

    antenna

    s t r u c t u r e s

    t h a t

    i n t e n t i o n a l l y i n c o r

    p o r a t e r e c t i f y i n g e l e m e n t s i n t h e i r d e s i g n s .

    S a t e l l i t e s a r e

    a n i n t e g r a l

    p a r t

    o f m o d ern communication

    s y s t e m s , a n d t h e i r i m p o r t a n c e

    c a n

    b e e x p e c t e d t o grow i n t h e

    c o m i n g y e a r s . As

    f u t u r e

    g e n e r a t i o n s o f

    a t e l l i t e s

    w i t h

    g r e a t e r

    c a p a b i l i t i e s

    become p o s s i b l e , i t

    i s e x p e c t e d t h a t

    t h e y c a n

    t a k e an even

    m o r e

    a c t i v e

    r o l e i n

    f u t u r e

    m i l i t a r y c o n ? i c t s .

    T h e

    d e s i g n o f p r e s e n t - d a y

    s a t e l l i t e s

    o f t e n

    i n v o l v e s

    t r a d e o l f s

    a m o n g

    s u c h

    a s p e c t s a s

    w e i g h t , p o w e r ,

    and

    e l e c

    t r o n i c

    c a p a b i l i t i e s . Each

    new e l e c t r o n i c

    s y s t e m

    a d d s

    w e i g h t ,

    a n d

    must

    c o m p e t e f o r

    power

    w i t h

    o t h e r r e q u i r e d s y s t e m s

    such

    a s s t a t i o n

    k e e p i n g . T h e l i m i t s

    of t h e s e t r a d e o l f s

    a r e

    e a s e d

    o n l y

    g r a d u a l l y f r o m o n e g e n e r a t i o n t o t h e n e x t , b y t h e

    e v o l u t i o n

    o f

    e l e c t r o n i c s ,

    b a t t e r i e s ,

    p r o p u l s i o n s y s t e m s ,

    a n d

    s o

    o n . T h u s , d e v e l o p i n g new t e c h n o l o g i e s t h a t s i g n i ? c a n t l y

    e x p a n d t h e a v a i l a b l e d e s i g n s p a c e

    i s

    c r u c i a l t o t h e e n a b l e

    ment o f s a t e l l i t e s w i t h r a d i c a l l y i m p r o v e d

    c a p a b i l i t i e s

    o v e r

    t h e

    p r e s e n t

    g e n e r a t i o n .

    Power s u p p l y o r

    g e n e r a t i o n

    i s

    one

    a r e a where r e v o l u t i o n

    a r y c h a n g e s c o u l d s i g n i ? c a n t l y

    e x p a n d

    s a t e l l i t e c a p a b i l i t i e s .

    P r e s e n t l y ,

    power s o u r c e s a r e

    l i m i t e d t o

    s o l a r p a n e l s o r

    o n - b o a r d

    p o w e r

    s u p p l i e s .

    S o l a r p a n e l s

    r e q u i r e c o n t i n u o u s

    exposure t o

    t h e s u n ,

    o r

    t h e

    use of

    b a t t e r i e s

    t o supply

    power

    d u r i n g

    p e r i o d s o f

    d a r k n e s s . Any

    o n - b o a r d

    p o w e r

    s y s t e m

    s u c h

    a s a b a t t e r y

    a d d s

    w e i g h t ,

    which

    r e d u c e s t h e number o f

    e l e c t r o n i c s y s t e m s t h a t

    c a n be

    ?own. F u r t h e r m o r e , a

    s y s t e m

    of

    s o l a r p a n e l s a n d / o r

    o n - b o a r d

    s o u r c e s i s b e s t

    s u i t e d t o

    c o n t i n u o u s power

    a t m o d e r a t e l e v e l s , and c a n n o t e a s i l y

    s u p p l y h i g h - e n e r g y

    b u r s t s

    w i t h o u t

    s i g n i ? c a n t a d d i t i o n a l

    w e i g h t i n o r d e r t o c o l l e c t and

    s t o r e ,

    a n d

    t h e n

    r e l e a s e

    t h e

    e n e r g y .

    O n e way of providing a m o r e ?exible power source

    i s

    t o

    b e a m

    t h e power from a ground s t a t i o n 10 t o a s a t e l l i t e 2 0 ,

    a s i l l u s t r a t e d

    i n

    F I G .

    1 . T h i s c o n c e p t h a s

    been

    e x p l o r e d i n t h e

    p a s t ,

    b u t i n t h e o p p o s i t e d i r e c t i o n : b e a m i n g power o e a r t h

    ( w h i c h

    s e e m e d

    a t t r a c t i v e d u r i n g t h e e n e r g y c r i s i s ) . S e n d i n g

    power

    i n

    t h e s p a c e

    t o e a r t h d i r e c t i o n

    f a c e s

    c e r t a i n f u n d a

    m e n t a l

    l i m i t s t h a t m a k e i t

    i m p r a c t i c a l , b u t

    t h e s e l i m i t s

    a r e

    20

    25

    30

    35

    40

    45

    50

    55

    60

    6 5

    2

    e a s e d i n

    t h e

    e a r t h t o s p a c e d i r e c t i o n ,

    l e a d i n g

    t o a s y s t e m t h a t

    i s w i t h i n t h e r e a l m o f p o s s i b i l i t y .

    I n

    a d d i t i o n t o s a t e l l i t e s , t h e r e a r e m a ny o t h e r a p p l i c a t i o n s

    w h e r e b e a m i n g power

    c o u l d

    b e i m p o r t a n t . F o r

    e x a m p l e ,

    i t i s

    p o s s i b l e

    t o

    r e p l a c e h u n d r e d s o f

    c i v i l i a n

    c e l l p h o n e

    b a s e

    s t a t i o n s w i t h a s i n g l e Z e p p e l i n 2 0 ' ,

    shown

    i n F I G . 2 , w h i c h

    c o u l d

    s e r v i c e a

    l a r g e

    m e t r o p o l i t a n

    a r e a

    25

    w i t h

    mobile

    t e l e p h o n y , a s w e l l a s such

    o t h e r

    s e r v i c e s

    a s

    s a t e l l i t e

    t e l e v i s i o n .

    T h i s would

    p r o v i d e a

    l o w - c o s t

    a l t e r n a t i v e t o

    s a t e l l i t e s f o r many c o m m e r c i a l w i r e l e s s a p p l i c a t i o n s .

    F u r t h e r m o r e , o t h e r a p p l i c a t i o n s i n c l u d e s m a l l UAVs ( U n

    manned A e r i a l V e h i c l e s ) t h a t c o u l d b e p o w e r e d b y beamed

    e n e r g y . See F I G .

    3 . A s

    t h e

    s i Z e of

    a UAV s r e d u c e d , t h e

    amount

    o f w e i g h t t h a t

    i t

    c a n

    c a r r y l i m i t s i t s

    l i f e s p a n s i g n i ?

    c a n t l y . F o r e x a m p l e , 1 0 0 - g r a m a i r p l a n e s h a v e b e e n

    u i l t ,

    b u t

    t h e i r l i f e t i m e

    i s

    l i m i t e d

    t o

    s i x m i n u t e s w i t h

    c u r r e n t l y

    a v a i l

    a b l e b a t t e r i e s . By

    beaming power t o

    a

    micro-UAV

    2 0 , i t

    c o u l d s t a y a l o f t m u c h l o n g e r . T h i s

    would

    b e u s e f u l

    f o r

    s u c h

    a p p l i c a t i o n s a s l a w

    e n f o r c e m e n t ,

    s u r v e i l l a n c e , h a z a r d o u s

    s i t e i n v e s t i g a t i o n ,

    e t c . , i n a d d i t i o n t o t h e o b v i o u s m i l i t a r y

    a p p l i c a t i o n s .

    T h e

    emb odiments of FIGS. 143 assume

    t h a t

    t h e

    s o u r c e

    of

    power i s from a ground

    s t a t i o n

    1 0 .

    However,

    t h e s o u r c e

    of

    power need

    n o t n e c e s s a r i l y

    be t e r r e s t r i a l . T h e

    s o u r c e

    of

    p owe r

    could be a i r b o r n e o r e v e n i n

    s p a c e .

    Any

    beamed power

    s y s t e m must

    c o n f r o n t

    t h e

    fundamen

    t a l l i m i t s

    s u m m a r i z e d

    b y

    t h e

    F r i i s

    t r a n s m i s s i o n e q u a t i o n ,

    which

    e l a t e s

    t h e t o t a l

    power

    t r a n s m i t t e d t o t h e g a i n , G , o f

    t h e t r a n s m i t t i n g a n d

    r e c e i v i n g

    a n t e n n a s , t h e d i s t a n c e

    b e t w e e n

    t h e m , R , a n d

    t h e

    w a v e l e n g t h 7 o f t h e

    r a d i a t i o n

    u s e d .

    A 2 [ 1 ]

    P R ; =

    GTXGRX(m)

    P T ;

    Assuming f o r s i m p l i c i t y t h a t b o t h a n t e n n a s a r e

    c i r c u l a r ,

    t h e

    g a i n

    o f

    e a c h

    i s

    r e l a t e d

    t o i t s d i a m e t e r , D .

    I f one assumes f o r t h e moment h a t

    very

    l i t t l e power w i l l

    b e l o s t t o s p i l l o v e r ( t h i s r e q u i r e m e n t c a n b e

    r e l a x e d )

    t h e s e

    e q u a t i o n s c a n be combined t o y i e l d a n e x p r e s s i o n

    f o r t h e

    r e q u i r e d s i Z e s o f

    t h e t r a n s m i t t i n g

    a n d r e c e i v i n g a n t e n n a s , a s

    a

    f u n c t i o n

    o f

    t h e i r s e p a r a t i o n , a n d

    t h e

    w a v e l e n g t h

    o f

    t h e

    r a d i a t i o n

    u s e d .

    S e e F I G . 4 ,

    w h i c h d e p i c t s t h e

    g e o m e t r y

    i n v o l v e d i n

    e q u a t i o n

    3 , t o d e t e r m i n e t h e r e q u i r e d d i a m e t e r s

    f o r

    t h e t r a n s m i t t i n g

    a n d

    r e c e i v i n g a n t e n n a s .

    F o r a

    g i v e n

    s e p a r a t i o n ,

    r e d u c i n g

    t h e w a v e l e n g t h

    r e d u c e s

    t h e s i Z e r e q u i r e m e n t s o f t h e t r a n s m i t t e r

    a n d / o r

    r e c e i v e r . O n e

    t e m p t i n g s o l u t i o n i s t o

    u s e

    o p t i c a l w a v e l e n g t h s ,

    a n d

    b e a m

    power t o s p a c e w i t h a l a r g e e a r t h - b a s e d l a s e r .

    T h i s

    h a s

    s e v e r a l

    d r a w b a c k s ,

    i n c l u d i n g

    s c a t t e r i n g

    b y

    a t m o s p h e r i c

    t u r

    b u l e n c e a n d

    a i r b o r n e

    p a r t i c l e s , t h e t y p i c a l l y l o w w a l l - p l u g

    e ? i c i e n c i e s o f l a s e r s compared t o microwave s o u r c e s , and

    t h e

    l o s s e s

    i n c o n v e r s i o n

    b a c k

    t o

    DC

    y p h o t o v o l t a i c c e l l s .

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