Open AccessIntegration of antennas with sun‐tracking solar panels
Author(s) -
Narbudowicz A.,
O'Conchubhair O.,
Ammann M.J.,
Heberling D.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
electronics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1350-911X
pISSN - 0013-5194
DOI - 10.1049/el.2016.1040
Subject(s) - rotation (mathematics) , tracking (education) , phase (matter) , directional antenna , radio frequency , amplitude , solar tracker , photovoltaic system , electronic engineering , computer science , electrical engineering , physics , antenna (radio) , engineering , optics , psychology , pedagogy , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence
A low‐cost solution for antennas integrated into solar cells, allowing their implementation in solar tracking installations is proposed. The proposed passive device autonomously adjusts the phase shift of a two‐element array proportional to the panel rotation. Consequently, the main beam is steered to compensate for panel rotation and maintain a radio link. The proposed device operates for a rotation of ±45° with an amplitude variation of ≤0.4 dB at 2.51 GHz.