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Circularly polarized rectennas operating at X-band are studied in this paper. The quasi-square patches fed by aperture coupling are used as the circularly polarized receiving antennas, which are easily matched and integrated with the circuits of rectennas. The double-layer structure not only minimizes the size of the rectennas but also decreases the effects of the circuits on the antenna. The receiving elements have broader bandwidth and higher gain than the single-layer patches. Two rectennas operating at 10GHz are designed, fabricated and measured. The voltage of 3.86V on a load of 200 Θ is measured and a high RF-DC conversion efficiency of 75% is obtained at 9.98GHz. It is convenient for this kind of rectennas to form large arrays for high power applications.
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Supported by the Development Fund of Shanghai Education Committee and Shanghai Leading Academic Discipline Project (No.T0102).
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Yang, X., Xu, J., Xu, D. et al. X-band circularly polarized rectennas for microwave power transmission applications. J. Electron.(China) 25, 389–393 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11767-006-0273-4
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