A Scalable Solar Antenna for Autonomous Integrated Wireless Sensor Nodes

Author

Wu, Terence ; Li, RongLin ; Tentzeris, Manos M.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA

Volume

10

fYear

2011

fDate

7/3/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

510

Lastpage

513

Abstract

A novel scalable low-profile omnidirectional antenna that can be integrated underneath a solar panel is presented. The topology alleviates the effect of solar panel to the antenna while achieving a monopole-like radiation performance above a ground plane. A 72 × 72 × 11.5 mm³ solar antenna 3-D structure operating around 2.4 GHz demonstrates the potential of the presented configuration for the implementation of autonomous integrated wireless sensors nodes.

Keywords

monopole antennas; omnidirectional antennas; solar cells; wireless sensor networks; autonomous integrated wireless sensor nodes; frequency 2.4 GHz; monopole-like radiation performance; scalable low-profile omnidirectional antenna; scalable solar antenna; solar antenna 3-D structure; solar panel; wireless sensor networks; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Photovoltaic cells; Radio frequency; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; 3-D RF modules; autonomous modules; omnidirectional antenna; solar antenna; solar panel; wireless sensor nodes;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1225

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LAWP.2011.2152357

Filename

5765655