Title :
Analysis of the effect of solar cells on the antenna integrated on top of their cover glass
Author :
Taha Shahvirdi;Reyhan Baktur
Author_Institution :
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Utah State University, Logan, USA
fDate :
7/1/2015 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A patch antenna integrated on the cover glass of a commercial space solar cell is examined. The effect of the solar cell on the gain of the antenna is analyzed and validated. It is found that the solar cell casts 2-3 dB gain loss of the antenna when standard cover glass is considered. This value provides an important design consideration when integrating optically transparent antennas on solar cells to save surface real estate of small space vehicles.
Keywords :
"Photovoltaic cells","Antennas","Gain","Glass","Lattices","Conductivity","Electrodes"
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation & USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, 2015 IEEE International Symposium on
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2015.7305603
