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A high gain solar cell aperture‐coupled patch antenna based on substrate‐integrated suspended line platform for 5G application
Author(s) -
Yan Ningning,
Ji Chuansheng,
Luo Yu,
Ma Kaixue
Publication year - 2021
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.33006
Subject(s) - patch antenna , aperture (computer memory) , substrate (aquarium) , antenna (radio) , microstrip antenna , high gain antenna , optoelectronics , materials science , engineering , electronic engineering , electrical engineering , physics , acoustics , geology , oceanography
The aperture‐coupled patch antenna integrated with the amorphous silicon solar cell based on the substrate‐integrated suspended line platform is presented in this letter. The antenna patch on G1 layer is used as the cathode of amorphous silicon cell and the 1 × 2 array antenna is proposed based on the unit. The solar cell antenna operating from 4.67 to 5.17 GHz has the characteristic of high gain, which is achieved by air coupling to reduce loss. The gain of the unit and array is 9.21 and 11.92 dBi, respectively. In addition, the results of the antennas with and without solar cells are little different.