Title

Integration of Microstrip Patch Antenna with Polycrystalline Silicon Solar Cell

Document Type

Article

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This item is available under a Creative Commons License for non-commercial use only

Disciplines

Electrical and electronic engineering

Publication Details

IEEE Transactions on Antennas & Propagation, 75 (12), pp.3969-3972 ISSN: 0018-926X DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2009.2026438

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.


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