A mechanically stable, low profile, omni-directional solar-cell integrated antenna for outdoor wireless sensor nodes

Author

Wu, T. ; Li, R.L. ; Tentzeris, M.M.

Author_Institution

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

fYear

2009

fDate

1-5 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

A novel mechanically stable, omnidirectional, low profile "solar-enabled" antenna is proposed and features very good radiation and matching characteristics suitable for the 2.4GHz wireless sensor network protocol. By using cheap, realizable fabrication process to achieve a compact integration, the proposed antenna integration concept could be a disruptive technology that would potentially enable truly autonomous, robust wireless sensor network in "rugged" outdoor environment.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; directive antennas; solar cells; wireless sensor networks; antenna integration; disruptive technology; fabrication process; frequency 2.4 GHz; low profile solar-enabled antenna; matching characteristics; mechanically stable solar-enabled antenna; omnidirectional solar-enabled antenna; outdoor wireless sensor nodes; radiation characteristics; wireless sensor network protocol; Antenna radiation patterns; Bandwidth; Batteries; Circuits; Directive antennas; Fabrication; Photovoltaic cells; Slot antennas; Voltage; Wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2009. APSURSI '09. IEEE

Conference_Location

Charleston, SC

ISSN

1522-3965

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3647-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2009.5171647

Filename

5171647