DocumentCode
1418974
Title
Stainless steel slot antenna with integrated solar cells
Author
Vaccaro, S. ; Torres, P. ; Mosig, J.R. ; Shah, A. ; Zurcher, J.F. ; Skrivervik, A.K. ; de Maagt, P. ; Gerlach, L.
Author_Institution
Lab. d´´Electromagn. et d´´Acoust., Ecole Polytech. Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Volume
36
Issue
25
fYear
2000
fDate
12/7/2000 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
2059
Lastpage
2060
Abstract
A new principle of a solar slot antenna is presented. The slot antenna integrates amorphous silicon solar cells which are directly grown on the ground plane where the slot antenna is cut. To facilitate the deposition of the solar cells, stainless steel was used for the ground plane. The effect on the efficiency of the antenna of this rather unusual choice for the conducting ground plane is also described
Keywords
antenna radiation patterns; silicon; slot antennas; solar cells; stainless steel; FeCrC; Si; amorphous Si solar cells; ground plane deposited cels; integrated solar cells; microwave antennas; solar slot antenna; stainless steel ground plane; stainless steel slot antenna;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:20001467
Filename
891816
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