An Efficient Design of Solar Cell Antenna for Mobile and Vehicular Applications

Author

Kumar, A. Suresh ; Sundaravadivelu, S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Commun. Eng., Pavendar Bharathidasan Coll. of Eng. &Technol., Mathur, India

fYear

2011

fDate

Oct. 30 2011-Nov. 1 2011

Firstpage

36

Lastpage

39

Abstract

This paper describes the application of solar cells antenna structures. The radiating patch element of a planar antenna is replaced by a solar cell. The original feature of a solar cell (DC current generation) remains, but additionally the solar cell is able to receive and transmit electromagnetic waves. solar cells can be used as antennas. At first some basics regarding the RF properties of solar cell patches are discussed. Finally two applications are presented: a solar cell GPS antenna for vehicular and a solar cell slot antenna for mobile communication in GSM applications. The GPS antenna provides circular polarization and a main lobe in zenith direction whereas the GSM antenna is vertically polarized and has a monopole-like radiation pattern. The above antennas are built up with commonly used solar cells.

Keywords

Global Positioning System; antenna radiation patterns; cellular radio; electromagnetic waves; mobile radio; planar antennas; slot antennas; solar cells; GSM applications; antenna radiation patch element; electromagnetic waves; mobile application; mobile communication; monopole-like radiation pattern; planar antenna; slot antenna; solar cell GPS antenna structure; vehicular applications; zenith direction; Global Positioning System; Photovoltaic cells; Photovoltaic systems; Planar arrays; Satellites; SOLPLANT; mobile communication; planar antenna; simulation; solar cells; vehicular application;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC), 2011 IEEE

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-634-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-0-7695-4595-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GHTC.2011.14

Filename

6103604