Faculty Research Into Capturing EM Wave Energy Leads to Patent

Abstract

Professor David Jenn with the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) has been awarded a patent for his Dipole with an Unbalanced Microstrip Feed antenna. Jenn's antenna, known in the industry as a "rectenna," is small in size, but he hopes that what it lacks in stature will be made up for in functionality.