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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2015
Applicant:
Agency for Defense Development, Daejeon, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
AGENCY FOR DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT, Daejeon, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 9/04 (2006.01); H02J 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 9/0407 (2013.01); H02J 17/00 (2013.01); H01Q 1/248 (2013.01); H02J 50/27 (2016.02);
Abstract
A rectenna according to the present invention includes a circular-polarized patch antenna having dual slots fed by a microstrip and configured to receive and output a radio frequency (RF) signal, and a rectifying circuit configured to convert for output the RF signal, received by the circular-polarized patch antenna, into a direct current (DC) signal and transfer the DC signal from the antenna to a load, wherein the rectifying circuit comprises at least one radial stub.