Circularly polarised solar antenna for airborne communication nodes. Issue 9 (1st April 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: O'Conchubhair, O.; Narbudowicz, A.; McEvoy, P.; Ammann, M.J.
• Is Part Of: Electronics letters. Volume 51:Issue 9(2015)
• Page Start: 667
• Page End: 669
• Publication Date: 2015-04-01
• Subjects: wireless sensor networks -- planar inverted‐F antennas -- microstrip antennas -- antenna radiation patterns -- silicon -- solar cells -- elemental semiconductors -- circular waveguides -- electromagnetic wave polarisation -- aircraft communication -- light sources; circularly polarised solar cell antenna -- sequentially rotated printed inverted‐F antennas -- multicrystalline silicon solar cell insolation -- ground plane -- low‐power airborne communication nodes -- wireless sensor network -- light source -- solar cell shadow minimisation -- oblique angle insolation -- Si; Electronics -- Periodicals; 621.381
• DOI: 10.1049/el.2015.0201
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0013-5194

Abstract

Abstract : A circularly polarised solar cell antenna consisting of four sequentially rotated printed inverted‐F antennas is proposed. Four multicrystalline silicon solar cells act as the ground plane and the antenna is suitable for low‐power airborne communication nodes and wireless sensor networks. The antenna design was developed to allow 100% insolation of the cells when directly facing a light source. The low‐profile antenna minimises shadowing of the solar cell for oblique angle insolation.