Integration of Microstrip Patch Antenna With Polycrystalline Silicon Solar Cell

Author

Shynu, S.V. ; Ons, Maria Jose Roo ; McEvoy, Patrick ; Ammann, Max J. ; McCormack, Sarah J. ; Norton, Brian

Author_Institution

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

Volume

57

Issue

12

fYear

2009

Firstpage

3969

Lastpage

3972

Abstract

The implementation of a polycrystalline silicon solar cell as a microwave groundplane in a low-profile, reduced-footprint microstrip patch antenna design for autonomous communication applications is reported. The effects on the antenna/solar performances due to the integration, different electrical conductivities in the silicon layer and variation in incident light intensity are investigated. The antenna sensitivity to the orientation of the anisotropic solar cell geometry is discussed.

Keywords

microstrip antennas; solar cells; anisotropic solar cell geometry; antenna sensitivity; autonomous communication application; electrical conductivity; incident light intensity; low-profile reduced-footprint microstrip patch antenna design; microwave groundplane; polycrystalline silicon solar cell; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Conductivity; Microstrip antennas; Microwave antennas; Microwave communication; Microwave devices; Patch antennas; Photovoltaic cells; Photovoltaic systems; Silicon; Solar power generation; Integration; microstrip antenna; solar antenna; solar cells;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-926X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TAP.2009.2026438

Filename

5153307