Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volume

59

Issue

2

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons Inc.

Publication Date

2-2017

First Page

260

Last Page

265

Abstract

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%.

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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mop.30275/abstract;jsessionid=00A8E436CA78A448A421103354B2924D.f02t01

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