Long-distance WPT unconventional arrays synthesis

Two innovative array concepts are introduced for the design of long-distance Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) radiating systems. The achievable tradeoffs between complexity/cost mitigation and power focusing capabilities of unconventional WPT architectures with respect to state-of-the-art optimal WPT solutions are investigated. To this end, clustered or sparse WPT arrangements are introduced by formulating their syntheses either as excitation or as pattern matching problems then solved by ad-hoc versions of the Contiguous Partition Method and Compressive Sensing algorithms. Selected numerical examples are presented to assess the features and the potentialities of unconventional WPT designs also in comparison with traditional state-of-the-art optimal methods.