Document Type
Patent
Publication Date
August 2006
Patent Number
7091918
Abstract
In accordance with the present invention, an aperture rectenna is provided where the substrate is transparent and of sufficient mechanical strength to support the fabricated structure above it. An aperture antenna is deposited on the transparent substrate and a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) diode is constructed on top of the aperture antenna. There is an insulating layer between the aperture antenna metal and the metal ground plane optimized to maximize the collection of incident radiation. The top of the structure is capped with a metal ground plane layer, which also serves as the DC connection points for each rectenna element.
Application Number
10/904,121
Recommended Citation
Bhansali, Shekhar; Buckle, Kenneth; Goswami, D. Yogi; Stefanakos, Elias; and Weller, Thomas, "Rectifying antenna and method of manufacture" (2006). USF Patents. 660.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_patents/660
Assignees
University of South Florida
Filing Date
10/25/2004
Primary/U.S. Class
343/767
