• DocumentCode
    813052
  • Title

    Making planar antennas out of solar cells

  • Author

    Vaccaro, S. ; Mosig, J.R. ; de Maagt, P.

  • Author_Institution
    Lab. d´´Electromagnetisme et d´´Acoustique, Ecole Polytech. Fed. de Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Volume
    38
  • Issue
    17
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    8/15/2002 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    945
  • Lastpage
    947
  • Abstract
    A presentation is made of the possibility of replacing metallic patches by solar cells in planar antennas. To demonstrate the concept, a slot-fed microstrip antenna using solar cells instead of a copper patch has been realised and measured. The results show that the ´solar cell patches´ have characteristics equivalent to copper patches
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; UHF antennas; antenna radiation patterns; gallium arsenide; solar cells; 2.753 to 2.983 GHz; 230 MHz; GaAs; RF radiation; copper patches; metallic patches; planar antennas; printed antenna; radiation patterns; slot-fed microstrip antenna; solar cell patches; solar cells; solar energy collection;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20020675
  • Filename
    1031773
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=813052