A Metal Solar-Cell Phased Array Antenna

被引：9

作者：

Chen, Qian ^{[1
]}

Chen, Jian ^{[1
]}

Ren, Aidi ^{[2
]}

Wang, Wei ^{[3
]}

Huang, Zhixiang ^{[4
]}

Yang, Lixia ^{[4
]}

Wu, Xianliang ^{[4
]}

Liang, Xianling ^{[5
]}

机构：

[1] Anhui Univ, Informat Mat & Intelligent Sensing Lab Anhui Prov, Hefei 230601, Peoples R China

[2] Anhui Prov Key Lab Target Recognit & Feature Extra, Luan 237011, Peoples R China

[3] East China Res Inst Elect Engn, Hefei 230088, Peoples R China

[4] Anhui Univ, Key Lab Intelligent Comp & Signal Proc, Minist Educ, Hefei 230039, Peoples R China

[5] Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ, Dept Elect Engn, Shanghai 200240, Peoples R China

来源：

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION | 2023年 / 71卷 / 02期

基金：

中国国家自然科学基金;

关键词：

Broadband; meshed antenna; metal antenna; phased array antenna; solar cell; MICROSTRIP PATCH ANTENNA; MESHED PATCH; PANEL; INTEGRATION;

D O I：

10.1109/TAP.2022.3222832

中图分类号：

TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];

学科分类号：

0808 ; 0809 ;

摘要：

The study proposes a metal solar-cell phased array antenna of 36 units with a rectangular grid, which is composed of leaf-shaped metal radiators, feeding and ground probes, a solar cell, and a metal ground. The metal leaf-shaped radiators are vertically welded on the metal ground through feeding and ground probes. The solar cell is located on the metal ground of the antenna, and 36 holes are dug to ensure that the feeding probes and the ground probes can pass through the solar cell without connection. The radiators are hollowed out to reduce the shadow area on the solar cell from sunlight. We have fabricated a sample of the solar-cell antenna and further measured the elec-tromagnetic characteristics and its power output performance. The measured results agree with the simulated results well. The proposed solar-cell phased array antenna has a wide working bandwidth of 3-5 GHz, a wide 2-D phase scanning angle of +/- 45(circle), a high aperture efficiency of 74.1%-86.9%, and a high average relative maximum output power ratio of 96.2% compared with the same pure solar cell. This metal solar-cell phased array antenna is scalable and can be used for CubeSats.

引用

页码：1263 / 1272

页数：10

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