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
fDate :
8/15/2002 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20020675
