Apparatuses and method for converting electromagnetic radiation to direct current

摘要

An energy conversion device may include a first antenna and a second antenna configured to generate an AC current responsive to incident radiation, at least one stripline, and a rectifier coupled with the at least one stripline along a length of the at least one stripline. An energy conversion device may also include an array of nanoantennas configured to generate an AC current in response to receiving incident radiation. Each nanoantenna of the array includes a pair of resonant elements, and a shared rectifier operably coupled to the pair of resonant elements, the shared rectifier configured to convert the AC current to a DC current. The energy conversion device may further include a bus structure operably coupled with the array of nanoantennas and configured to receive the DC current from the array of nanoantennas and transmit the DC current away from the array of nanoantennas.

主权项

1. An energy conversion device, comprising:
a first antenna; a second antenna;
wherein the first antenna and the second antenna are each configured to generate an AC current responsive to incident radiation; at least one stripline coupling the first antenna and the second antenna; and a rectifier coupled with the at least one stripline along a length of the at least one stripline, the rectifier being a common rectifier for the first antenna and the second antenna for the AC current to flow therefrom to the rectifier for rectification.