Integration of microstrip patch antenna with polycrystalline silicon solar cell

S. V. Shynu; Maria Jose Roo Ons; Patrick McEvoy; Max J. Ammann; Sarah J. McCormack; Brian Norton

doi:10.1109/TAP.2009.2026438

Integration of microstrip patch antenna with polycrystalline silicon solar cell

S. V. Shynu, Maria Jose Roo Ons, Patrick McEvoy, Max J. Ammann, Sarah J. McCormack, Brian Norton

School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Abstract

The implementation of a polycrystalline silicon solar cell as a microwave groundplane in a low-profile, reduced-footprint microstrip patch antenna design for autonomous communication applications is reported. The effects on the antenna/solar performances due to the integration, different electrical conductivities in the silicon layer and variation in incident light intensity are investigated. The antenna sensitivity to the orientation of the anisotropic solar cell geometry is discussed.

Original language	English
Article number	5153307
Pages (from-to)	3969-3972
Number of pages	4
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
Volume	57
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TAP.2009.2026438
Publication status	Published - Dec 2009

Keywords

Integration
Microstrip antenna
Solar antenna
Solar cells

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