A solar cell stacked multi-slot quad-band PIFA for GSM, WLAN and WiMAX Networks

Okan Yurduseven, Dave Smith

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Abstract

This letter presents a novel low-profile quad-bandsolar PIFA which has the potential to be employed in self-powered low-power GSM 1800, 2.4 GHz band WLAN and 2.3/3.3/5.8 GHz band WiMAX networks. The multi-slot loaded radiating PIFA element consisting of W-L shaped slots stacked with a polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) solar cell operating as a parasitic patch element enables the proposed solar PIFA to operate at the center frequency bands of 1.8, 2.4, 3.4, and 5.8 GHz with measured impedance bandwidths of 16.7%, 9.16%, 7.65%, and 3.45%, respectively. By incorporating a stacked poly-Si solar cell as a parasitic patch element an adequate solar efficiency of 14.5% can be achieved, generating a dc power output of 44 mW.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)285-287
JournalIEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters
Volume23
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013

Keywords

  • W-L shaped slots
  • WLAN
  • WiMAX networks
  • center frequency bands
  • quad-band antenna
  • solar antenna

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