Integrated Solar Panel Antennas
October 14, 2022
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Presenter: Reyhan Baktur, Utah State University
Abstract: Conformal integration of antennas with solar panels has wide applications, from small spacecraft, Mars rovers, to self-powered wireless sensors. It is particularly beneficial when the surface real estate is a major challenge, such as a CubeSat. A strategic integration not only reduces the development cost, promotes a robust communication link, but also increases the mission capacity by allowing more science instruments to be mounted on the CubeSat.
This lecture covers different conformal antenna designs for solar panel integration, from UHF to Ka band. It includes antennas integrated under solar cells, around solar cells, and optically transparent antennas integrated on top of solar cells. It also covers low gain and high gain design. The high gain design mainly focuses on reflectarray antenna, which may be beneficial to those who wishes to study the subject.
As these antennas are integrated with solar panel, a unique and complex subsystem, effects of solar cells on the antenna and vice versa need to be analyzed and quantified. The lecture presents analysis of a typical space-certified solar cell, extracted model, experimental set-up to quantify the interaction between solar cells and the integrated antennas.
Speaker bio: Reyhan Baktur is an associate professor at the department of electrical and computer engineering at Utah State University. Her research interests include antennas and microwave engineering with a focus on antenna design for CubeSats; optically transparent antennas; multifunctional integrated antennas, sensors, and microwave circuits.
She is affiliated with the Center for Space Engineering at USU, the Space Dynamics Laboratory (the university-affiliated research center), and collaborates with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
Baktur is an AdCom member of IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, and is active in US National Committee of the International Union of Radio Science, serving as the vice chair for commission B, and is the inaugural chair for the Women in Radio Science.
She is passionate and committed to electromagnetic education and student recruiting by introducing CubeSat projects in undergraduate classrooms. She received the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society’s Donald G. Dudley Jr. Undergraduate Teaching Award in 2013, and has been actively serving IEEE's APS student paper competition and student design contest.
Baktur’s lectures will focus on CubeSat Development Basics, Link Budget Analysis and Development, Antenna Designs for CubeSats and Small Satellites, Transparent Antennas, and Class Projects for Electromagnetic Courses.
Faculty host: Danilo Erricolo, derric1@uic.edu
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Oct 14, 2022
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Oct 14, 2022