Integration of Antenna Array With Multicrystalline Silicon Solar Cell

Author

O´Conchubhair, Oisin ; McEvoy, Patrick ; Ammann, Max J.

Author_Institution

Antenna & High Freq. Res. Centre, Dublin Inst. of Technol., Dublin, Ireland

Volume

14

fYear

2015

fDate

2015

Firstpage

1231

Lastpage

1234

Abstract

The integration of a low-profile antenna array with a multicrystalline silicon solar cell capable of powering a low-power wireless sensor at 2.45 GHz is reported. Lattice bus bars on the cell are exploited to minimize antenna shadows from low-profile antennas and transmission lines for a higher output power. The dual inverted-F array improves gain, and beam switching enables the array to sweep a wider coverage angle with larger beamwidths compared to other solar integrated antennas.

Keywords

antenna arrays; elemental semiconductors; silicon; solar cells; telecommunication power management; wireless sensor networks; Si; antenna array; antenna shadows; beam switching; dual inverted-F array; frequency 2.45 GHz; lattice bus bars; low-power wireless sensor; multicrystalline silicon solar cell; solar integrated antennas; transmission lines; Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Arrays; Photovoltaic cells; Silicon; Transmission line measurements; Antenna array; low profile printed inverted-F antenna; multicrystalline solar cell; solar integration;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1225

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LAWP.2015.2399652

Filename

7029636