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The application of GHz band charge pump rectifier and rectenna array for satellite internal wireless system

Part of: Wireless Power Transfer in Space Applications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2019

Ce Wang Open the ORCID record for Ce Wang [Opens in a new window] ,
Bo Yang Open the ORCID record for Bo Yang [Opens in a new window] ,
Seishiro Kojima  and
Naoki Shinohara
Ce Wang*
Affiliation:
Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Kyoto611-0011, Japan
Bo Yang
Affiliation:
Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Kyoto611-0011, Japan
Seishiro Kojima
Affiliation:
Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Kyoto611-0011, Japan
Naoki Shinohara
Affiliation:
Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Kyoto611-0011, Japan
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Author for correspondence: Ce Wang, Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Kyoto611-0011, Japan. E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

An internal wireless system (IWS) for satellites was proposed in a previous study to reduce the weight of satellites. It is a system that uses wireless communication modules to communicate between the satellite's subsystems. We proposed a complete IWS that employs microwave wireless power transmission technology, and we proposed a design of GHz band high efficiency rectifier based charge pump rectifiers with a class-f filter called class-f charge pump rectifiers. We theoretically compare the diode losses in a charge pump and single shunt rectifier, and experimentally verify the results. Apart from this, we consider that the class-f charge pump rectifiers will be used for a rectenna array. In order to know the direct current (DC) load change of class-f charge pump circuits is connected as a rectenna array, we measured the conversion efficiencies of a 2 by 2 rectenna array, connected in series and in parallel. The results of the experiment indicate that the optimum load of the rectifier changes to four times DC load when connected in series, and to 1/4 the DC load when connected in parallel.

Keywords

Circuit simulationhigh frequency circuitoptimum load
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Review Article
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Wireless Power Transfer , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , September 2019 , pp. 190 - 195
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2019

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