US Patent Issued to KING SAUD UNIVERSITY on Dec. 16 for "Rectenna including geometric diode and bow-tie antenna and method of use thereof" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,447, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to KING SAUD UNIVERSITY (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

"Rectenna including geometric diode and bow-tie antenna and method of use thereof" was invented by Abdullah Nasser Alodhayb (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), Ghada Ahmad Khouqeer (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), Gaurav Jayaswal Jayaswal (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) and Palla Kishore Yadav (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method of harvesting energy are provided using a geometric diode and antenna. The geometric diode includes a start portion, end portion, and neck portion joining the start portion and end portion. The geometric diode tapers l...