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An X band patch antenna integrated with commercial triple‐junction space solar cells
Author(s) -
Yekan Taha,
Baktur Reyhan
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.30275
Subject(s) - solar cell , patch antenna , antenna efficiency , microstrip antenna , antenna measurement , coaxial antenna , antenna (radio) , optoelectronics , antenna factor , materials science , electrical engineering , optics , engineering , physics
An X band patch antenna was integrated on top of the cover glass of commercial space‐certified solar cell and was studied for understanding the interaction between the solar cell and the antenna. It was found that the solar cell acts as a lossy substrate for the antenna and reduces the gain of the antenna by about 2 dB, and such a reduction remains consistent for different working states of the solar cell. The patch antenna reduces the efficiency of the solar cells because it blocks light, however, at 10 GHz, the impact of a patch antenna alone to the solar cell's efficiency is less than 1%. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 59:260–265, 2017