Stainless steel slot antenna with integrated solar cells

In this paper, a new principle of a solar slot antenna is presented. The slot antenna integrates amorphous silicon solar cells which are directly grown on the ground plane where the slot antenna is cut. To facilitate the deposition of the solar cells, stainless steel was used for the ground plane. T...

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Published inElectronics letters Vol. 36; no. 25; p. 1
Main Authors Vaccaro, S, Torres, P, Mosig, J R, Shah, A, Zürcher, J-F, Skrivervik, A K, de Maagt, P, Gerlach, L
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Stevenage John Wiley & Sons, Inc 07.12.2000
Subjects
Antennas
Conduction
Deposition
Ground plane
Photovoltaic cells
Slot antennas
Solar cells
Stainless steels
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Summary:In this paper, a new principle of a solar slot antenna is presented. The slot antenna integrates amorphous silicon solar cells which are directly grown on the ground plane where the slot antenna is cut. To facilitate the deposition of the solar cells, stainless steel was used for the ground plane. The effect on the efficiency of the antenna of this rather unusual choice for the conducting ground plane is also described.
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ISSN:0013-5194
1350-911X