Invention Application
US20170047987A1 Systems and Methods for Performing Shape Estimation Using Sun Sensors in Large-Scale Space-Based Solar Power Stations
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使用太阳传感器在大型太空太阳能发电站进行形状估计的系统和方法
- Patent Title: Systems and Methods for Performing Shape Estimation Using Sun Sensors in Large-Scale Space-Based Solar Power Stations
- Patent Title (中): 使用太阳传感器在大型太空太阳能发电站进行形状估计的系统和方法
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Application No.: US15233776Application Date: 2016-08-10
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Publication No.: US20170047987A1Publication Date: 2017-02-16
- Inventor: Sergio Pellegrino , Seyed All Hajimiri , Harry A. Atwater , Thibaud Talon
- Applicant: California Institute of Technology
- Applicant Address: US CA Pasadena
- Assignee: California Institute of Technology
- Current Assignee: California Institute of Technology
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Pasadena
- Main IPC: H04B7/185
- IPC: H04B7/185 ; H04B7/06 ; H04L27/152 ; H04L27/26 ; H04L25/08

Abstract:
A space-based solar power station, a power generating satellite module and/or a method for collecting solar radiation and transmitting power generated using electrical current produced therefrom is provided. Power transmitters can be coordinated as a phased array and the power generated by the phased array is transmitted to one or more power receivers to achieve remote wireless power generation and delivery. In many embodiments, a reference signal is distributed within the space-based solar power station to coordinate the phased array. In several embodiments, determinations of the relative locations of the antennas in the array are generated by an array of sun sensors that estimate the shape of the module to evaluate the phase shift and/or amplitude modulation to apply to the reference signal at each power transmitter.
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