Dual band a-Si:H solar-slot antenna for 2.4/5.2GHz WLAN applications

S. V. Shynu, Maria J. Roo Ons, Max J. Ammann, Brian Norton

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Abstract

A simple and compact design of solar-slot antenna for dual band 2.4/5.2GHz wireless local area networks (WLAN) applications is proposed. The design employs amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) solar cells in polyimide substrate with an embedded twin strip slot structure to generate dual resonant frequencies. A T-shaped microstripline feed is used to excite the twin slot in the a-Si:H solar cell. The measured impedance bandwidths for the proposed solar antenna are 25.9% (642 MHz) centered at 2.482 GHz and 8.2% (420 MHz) centered at 5.098 GHz. The measured gain at 2.4 and 5.2 GHz are 3.1 dBi and 2.1 dBi respectively.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)354-358
Number of pages5
JournalRadioengineering
Volume18
Issue number4
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2009

Keywords

  • Amorphous silicon
  • Slot antenna
  • Solar antenna

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