A Metal Plate Solar Antenna for UMTS Pico-cell Base Station

Authors

S. Shynu, Technological University Dublin
Maria Roo Ons, Technological University DublinFollow
Max Ammann, Technological University DublinFollow
Sarah McCormack, Technological University Dublin
Brian Norton, Technological University DublinFollow

Document Type

Conference Paper

Rights

Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence

Publication Details

In LAPC 2008: Antennas and Propagation Conference, Loughborough, 17-18 March, 2008. Loughborough, pp.373-376. ISBN: 978-1-4244-1893-0

Abstract

A simple low-cost solar antenna design for UMTS base station is proposed. The optimum orientation of the silver DC bus bars of the solar cell is found to be Ag-parallel, in order to achieve best antenna performance. Good antenna performance similar to that of ordinary shorted patch antennas is obtained.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1109/LAPC.2008.4516944

Recommended Citation

Shynu, S. et al. (2008) A metal plate solar antenna for umts pico-cell base station. LAPC 2008: Antennas and Propagation Conference, pp.373-376. Loughborough, 17-18 March, 2008, doi:10.1109/LAPC.2008.4516944