rectenna

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Archived revision by WingerBot (talk | contribs) as of 07:44, 29 September 2019.
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology

Blend of rectifying +‎ antenna

Noun

rectenna (plural rectennas or rectennae)

  1. A special type of antenna that converts microwave energy into direct current electricity.
    • 2015, Pai-Yen Chen, Mehdi Hajizadegan, Maryam Sakhdari, Andrea Alù, “Giant Photoresponsivity of Mid-Infrared Hyperbolic Metamaterials in the Quantum Regime”, in arXiv[1]:
      This leads to highly efficient photon-to-electron conversion, orders of magnitude larger than conventional rectennas.

Anagrams