Small-area solar antenna for low-power UWB transceivers

Danesh, M; Long, John R.; Simeoni, M.

Small-area solar antenna for low-power UWB transceivers

Conference paper (2010)

Authors

M Danesh External organisation

John R. Long Electronics

M. Simeoni International Research Centre for Telecommunication and Radar

Research Group

Electronics

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2010

Language

English

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Research Group

Electronics

Abstract

A 2 × 2.65 cm2 solar monopole antenna was designed and tested for both DC and RF performances within the 3¿10 GHz UWB frequency band. The amorphous silicon solar cell delivers up to 15 mW, suitable for autonomous low-power wireless transceivers. The radiation patterns and gain are comparable with a copper-only antenna for frequencies less than 5 GHz. Beyond 5 GHz, changes in the solar antenna radiation patterns are caused by the solar cell physical characteristics and DC output connections.

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