@inproceedings{239f32450e6c479a99aed0d87dc62d7d,
title = "Integrated antenna currents on a polycrystalline silicon solar cell",
abstract = "Issues associated with exploiting a multicrystalline silicon solar cell as a ground plane for an Inverted-F Antenna at 2.45 GHz are reported. Current flow on the solar lattice greatly affects the impedance match of a microstrip transmission line positioned above the solar cell. As a result, an antenna designed with a transmission line parallel to the lattice experiences performance degradation when positioned perpendicular to the lattice. A 6 mm wide grounding strip below the transmission line isolates the microstrip sufficiently to achieve acceptable antenna performance with small reductions in solar cell power output. A low profile Inverted-F Antenna with greater gain, wider beamwidth and larger solar cell exposure than previous patch integrations is reported.",
keywords = "Integration, Low Profile Printed Inverted-F Antenna, Multicrystalline Solar Cell, Solar Antenna, Solar Lattice Currents",
author = "Oisin O'Conchubhair and Patrick McEvoy and Ammann, {Max J.}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015 EurAAP.; 9th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2015 ; Conference date: 13-05-2015 Through 17-05-2015",
year = "2015",
month = aug,
day = "27",
language = "English",
series = "2015 9th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2015",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
booktitle = "2015 9th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2015",
address = "United States",
}