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access icon free Solar cell stacked dual-polarised patch antenna for 5.8 GHz band WiMAX network

© The Institution of Engineering and Technology
Received 24/07/2013, Published

A novel combination of a two-port slant ± 45° dual-polarised microstrip patch antenna with a polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) solar cell operating as an RF stacked parasitic patch element is presented and discussed for 5.8 GHz band polarisation diverse multifunctional WiMAX systems. To minimise the effect of the solar operation on the RF antenna performance, an effective DC/RF isolation circuit consisting of quarter-wavelength microstrip transmission lines is demonstrated. The proposed solar patch provides identical E-plane and H-plane far-field radiation patterns for +45° and −45° polarisations with a gain of 7.8 dBi and operates at the frequency band of 5.66–5.91 GHz.

Inspec keywords: WiMax; microwave antennas; microstrip lines; antenna radiation patterns; silicon; microstrip antennas; polarisation; solar cells

Other keywords: polycrystalline silicon solar cell; far-field radiation patterns; frequency 5.8 GHz; RF stacked parasitic patch element; solar cell stacked dual-polarised microstrip patch antenna; quarter-wavelength microstrip transmission lines; worldwide interoperability for microwave access systems; DC/RF isolation circuit; WiMAX network

Subjects: Single antennas; Computer communications; Waveguides and microwave transmission lines; Radio links and equipment; Solar cells and arrays

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