Integrated solar panel antennas

Vaccaro, S.; Torres, P.; Mosig, J. R.; Shah, Arvind; Zürcher,, J.-F.; Skrivervik, A. K.; Gardiol, F.; de Maagt, P.; Gerlach, L.

doi:10.1049/el:20000350

Integrated solar panel antennas

Author(s)

Vaccaro, S.

Torres, P.

Mosig, J. R.

Shah, Arvind

Zürcher,, J.-F.

Skrivervik, A. K.

Gardiol, F.

de Maagt, P.

Gerlach, L.

Date issued

2000

In

Electronics Letters, Institution of Engineering & Technology, 2000/36/5/390-391

Abstract

A new antenna which combines solar cells and printed patches is presented. The antenna is designed so as to accommodate the solar cells that provide power to an MMIC amplifier. A 2×4 array is presented, which operates at the frequency of 3.76 GHz and has a bandwidth of 16% and gain up to 30 dBi (active).