Aircraft with wireless provision of power
AssigneeAirbus Defence and Space GmbH
InventorChristian Daniel
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Abstract
An aircraft has a first antenna arrangement, a payload and a processing unit. The first antenna arrangement is designed to wirelessly receive electromagnetic signals. The processing unit is coupled to the first antenna arrangement, on the one hand, and to the payload, on the other hand. The processing unit is designed to modulate an electromagnetic signal received by the first antenna arrangement and thereby to generate a first modulated signal and to forward it to the payload. The payload is designed to use the first modulated signal as working signal. A radiofrequency power signal on an uplink is thus remodulated into a payload working signal, such that the payload working signal is able to be used directly by the payload without rectification into a DC voltage.
Claims10
An aircraft comprising:
- a first antenna arrangement configured to wirelessly receive electromagnetic signals;
- a payload;
- a processing unit coupled to the first antenna arrangement and to the payload;
- wherein the processing unit is configured to modulate an electromagnetic signal received by the first antenna arrangement and thereby to generate a first modulated signal and to forward the first modulated signal to the payload;
- wherein the payload is configured to use the first modulated signal as working signal.
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