Combination of antennas and solar cells for satellite communications

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 11-16

  Vaccaro, S ^a   Torres, P ^b   Mosig, J R ^a   Shah, A ^b   Skrivervik, A K ^a   Zurcher J F ^a   De Maagt, P ^c   Gerlach, L ^c  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amorphous silicon solar cells; Antenna combining solar cells; Microstrip antenna array; Satellite antenna; Ssfip

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350207153     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.1068     Document Type: Article

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