Electric power receiving and supplying circuit

• US 5,671,133 A
• Filed: 01/18/1995
• Issued: 09/23/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 02/10/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Fujita, Suguru, Hasegawa, Makoto
• Primary Examiner(s): Wong, Peter S.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Riley, Shawn
• Application Number:
  US08/374,096
• Time in Patent Office: 979 Days
• Field of Search: 363/126, 219/748, 333/81 R, 333/81 A, 327/308, 327/311
• US Class Current: 363/126
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/248 provided with an AC/DC converting device, e.g. rectennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/0407 Substantially flat resonant element parallel to ground plane, e.g. patch antenna dipole H01Q9/285; monopole H01Q9/40

Abstract

An electric power receiving and supplying circuit comprises: a microstrip patch antenna, having a feeding point, for receiving a microwave signal and supplying an electric power; a rectifier, for rectifying the electric power, having: a first diode having an anode, connected to the feeding point, and a cathode; a second diode having a cathode, connected to the cathode of the first diode through a junction point, and an anode; and a high-frequency grounding circuit for high-frequency-grounding the anode of the second diode, and a lowpass filter for low-pass filtering the rectified electric power to supply a dc supply power. The circuit mentioned above may further comprise: a third diode having an anode connected to the high frequency grounding circuit, and a cathode connected to the junction point, or may further comprise: a third diode having an anode connected to the high frequency grounding circuit, and a cathode connected to the anode of the second diode, or may further comprise: a third diode having a cathode connected to the feeding point and a anode connected to the high frequency grounding circuit and the anode of the second diode. The above-mentioned circuit may further comprise a matching circuit for matching the antenna and the rectifying circuit.

Claims

1. An electric power receiving and supplying circuit comprising:

an antenna, including a feeding point, for receiving a transmitted microwave signal and supplying an electric power from the received microwave signal;

a rectifying circuit, comprising;

a first diode including an anode, connected to said feeding point, and a cathode, for effecting a first half-wave rectifying of said electric power;

a second diode including a cathode, connected to said cathode of said first diode through a junction point, and an anode; and

a high frequency grounding circuit including a resistor and a capacitor connected in parallel, for high-frequency-grounding said anode of said second diode, said second diode effecting a second half-wave rectifying of said electric power through said high frequency grounding circuit, said rectifying circuit supplying the first half-wave rectified electric power and the second half-wave rectified electric power as a full-wave rectified electric power from said junction point; and

a lowpass filter for low-pass filtering said full-wave rectified electric power to supply a dc supply power.

2. An electric power receiving and supplying circuit as claimed in claim 1, wherein said antenna comprises:

a microstrip patch antenna.

3. An electric power receiving and supplying circuit as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a matching circuit for matching the antenna and said rectifying circuit.

4. An electric power receiving and supplying circuit as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a third diode having an anode connected to said high frequency grounding circuit, and a cathode connected to said junction point.

5. An electric power receiving and supplying circuit as claimed in claim 4, further comprising a matching circuit for matching the antenna and said rectifying circuit.

6. An electric power receiving and supplying circuit as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a third diode having an anode connected to said high frequency grounding circuit, and a cathode connected to said anode of said second diode.

7. An electric power receiving and supplying circuit as claimed in claim 6, further comprising a matching circuit for matching the antenna and said rectifying circuit.

8. An electric power receiving and supplying circuit as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a third diode having a cathode connected to said feeding point and an anode connected to said high frequency grounding circuit and the anode of said second diode.

9. An electric power receiving and supplying circuit as claimed in claim 8, further comprising a matching circuit for matching the antenna and said rectifying circuit.

10. An electric power receiving and supplying circuit as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an identification signal generation circuit coupled to said lowpass filter and said antenna, wherein said identification signal generation circuit receives the dc supply power from the lowpass filter and supplies an identification signal to the antenna.

11. An electric power receiving and supplying circuit as claimed in claim 10, wherein said identification signal generation circuit is coupled to said antenna by a coupling diode, said coupling diode having an anode connected to an additional feeding point of said antenna and a cathode connected to an output of said identification signal generation circuit.

12. An electric power receiving and supplying circuit as claimed in claim 10, wherein said antenna transmits said identification signal in a different polarizing direction from the received microwave signal.

13. An electric power receiving and supplying circuit comprising:

an antenna, including a feeding point, for receiving a transmitted microwave signal and supplying an electric power from the received microwave signal;

a rectifying circuit, comprising;

a first diode including an anode, connected to said feeding point, and a cathode;

a second diode including a cathode, connected to said cathode of said first diode through a junction point, and an anode; and

a high frequency grounding circuit for high-frequency-grounding said anode of said second diode, said rectifying circuit rectifying said electric power and supplying a rectified electric power from said junction point; and

a lowpass filter for low-pass filtering said rectified electric power to supply a dc supply power;

wherein said high frequency grounding circuit comprised a resistor and a capacitor connected in parallel to each other.

14. An electric power receiving and supplying circuit comprising:

an antenna, including a feeding point, for receiving a transmitted microwave signal and supplying an electric power from the received microwave signal;

a rectifying circuit, comprising;

a first diode including an anode, connected to said feeding point, and a cathode;

a second diode including a cathode, connected to said cathode of said first diode through a junction point, and an anode; and

a high frequency grounding circuit for high-frequency-grounding said anode of said second diode, said rectifying circuit rectifying said electric power and supplying a rectified electric power from said junction point;

a lowpass filter for low-pass filtering said rectified electric power to supply a dc supply power; and

an identification signal generation circuit coupled to said lowpass filter and said antenna, wherein said identification signal generation circuit receives said dc supply power from said lowpass filter and supplies an identification signal to said antenna.

15. An electric power receiving and supplying circuit as claimed in claim 14, wherein said identification signal generation circuit is coupled to said antenna by a coupling diode, said coupling diode having an anode connected to an additional feeding point of said antenna and a cathode connected to an output of said identification signal generation circuit.

16. An electric power receiving and supplying circuit as claimed in claim 14, wherein said antenna transmits said identification signal in a different polarizing direction from the received microwave signal.