An Efficient Design of Solar Cell Antenna for Mobile and Vehicular Applications

Kumar, Anil; Sundaravadivelu, S.

doi:10.1109/ghtc.2011.14

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“…And lastly, the effective dielectric constant  r,eff is defined as [13]: (5) Figure 3 shows the inset-fed microstrip patch antenna with its structural dimensions. The width and length of the two insets within the patch radiator are designed for a 50-ohm power excitation.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

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Performance Evaluation of Integrated Antennas on Photovoltaic Solar Cells

Al‐Alawi¹,

Gheilani²,

Al-Zeidi³

et al. 2022

ETJ

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 The examined antenna performed well when placed in the middle of PV solar cell with a 2.58 dBi peak gain.  Creating a small air gap between the antenna and the PV solar cell results in better performance.  The antenna has satisfactory performance when integrated with PV cells.The performance of antennas is critical to ensuring reliable wireless communication and robust data transmission. Unfortunately, antennas' performance gets degraded when loaded with lossy materials. This paper presents the numerical and experimental evaluation of low-profile antennas' performance when integrated with photovoltaic (PV) solar cells for potential use in smart grid and green power networks. Such integrated antennas can serve as a communication unit and sensors to monitor PV solar cells. For convenience, a microstrip patch antenna was used in this assessment study, where the antenna was designed, numerically simulated, and experimentally tested. After which, it was installed on top of a PV solar cell at different orientations. The antenna is designed to operate within the 2.45 GHz ISM band. Based on the results, the antenna performed well when placed at the middle of the PV solar cell with a peak gain of 2.58 dBi compared to other placements within the PV solar cell. Moreover, creating a small air gap between the antenna and the PV solar cell results in better performance. Based on the findings of this study, the antenna has satisfactory performance when integrated with PV cells, which is promising to deploy in many applications, including smart grid networks.

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“…Another study in [5] incorporated a PV solar cell as an antenna element for GPS signal reception. The proposed antenna structure is shown in Figure 2.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Performance Evaluation of Integrated Antennas on Photovoltaic Solar Cells

Al‐Alawi¹,

Gheilani²,

Al-Zeidi³

et al. 2022

ETJ

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“…By cutting certain shapes on the solar cell, a Vivaldi antenna with an end-fire radiation pattern was designed in [19]. To enhance the ability of DC power generation, a solar cell array with 36 solar cells have been used as the radiation structure of the proposed GPS antenna [20,21,22]. However, the antenna has a relatively lower gain of 2 dB due to the influence of the introduced solar cell structure with electrically large size.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Dual-function slot antenna integrated with solar cells for the 1.575-GHz band

Zhao

Wang

et al. 2020

IEICE Electron. Express

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A linearly polarized slot antenna integrated with solar cells is presented. The proposed antenna operates at the center frequency of 1.575 GHz for the global navigation satellite systems. 40 solar cells are adopted for the radiation structure and 4 slots are formed by these solar cells, which can not only be used for wireless communication but also generate DC energy via the photoelectric effect. The proposed design has achieved a relative bandwidth of 19.9% from 1.45 GHz to 1.77 GHz. Bidirectional radiation performance has been realized and the measured gain at 1.575 GHz is 6.6 dBi.

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“…4. [3], [4]. To avoid the electric conductivity between patch of antenna and solarcell insulating material should be used.…”

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“…The electromagnetic interference and back-off current from solarcells into feed of the antenna can be avoided by common ground [3], [4]. Insulation layer is added between solarcells and patch such that the above mentioned problems can be neglected [5], [6].…”

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