Circularly Polarized Solar Antenna for Airborne Communication Nodes

Authors

Oisin O’Conchubhair, Technological University DublinFollow
Adam Narbudowicz, Technological University DublinFollow
Patrick McEvoy, Technological University DublinFollow
Max Ammann, Technological University DublinFollow

Document Type

Article

Rights

Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence

Disciplines

Electrical and electronic engineering, Communication engineering and systems, telecommunications

Publication Details

Electronic Letters, Vol. 51, No. 9, 2015.

Abstract

A circularly polarized solar cell antenna consisting of four sequentially rotated printed inverted-F antennas is proposed. Four multicrystalline silicon solar cells act as the ground plane and the antenna is suitable for low power airborne communication nodes and wireless sensor networks. The antenna design was developed to allow 100% insolation of the cells when directly facing a light source. The low-profile antenna minimises shadowing of the solar cell for oblique angle insolation.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1049/el.2015.0201

Recommended Citation

O'Conchubhair, O.; Narbudowicz, A.; McEvoy, P.; Ammann, M.J., "Circularly polarised solar antenna for airborne communication nodes" Electronics Letters , vol.51, no.9, pp.667,669, 4 30 2015 doi:10.1049/el.2015.0201

Funder

Higher Education Authority