Optically transparent antennas for small satellites

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Publication Type thesis
School or College College of Engineering
Department Electrical & Computer Engineering
Author Saberin, Jason Ramin
Title Optically transparent antennas for small satellites
Date 2010-08
Description In this thesis the placement of antennas on a small satellite's solar cell is studied. The place-ment of antennas is carefully investigated by minimizing the total solar cell's power harvesting area covered by a patch antenna. Transparent antennas can potentially improve the usage of the covered area by allowing a percentage of incident solar light through. This work explores the feasibility of antennas made out of transparent oxides (TCOs) and co-planar electromagnetically coupled feeds that can be placed on solar cells. TCOs are reviewed and simpli ed in order to better understand material properties on antenna design. Skin depth e ffects are studied in detail and an empirical equation is introduced to better model skin e ffects resultant from thin film TCO depositions. In the second part of the thesis coupled feeds for see-through meshed antennas are studied. Properties such as antenna gain, co-polarization, efficiency and cross-polarization are discussed.
Type Text
Publisher University of Utah
Subject Optically transparent antennas; Small satellites
Subject LCSH Antennas (Electronics) -- Design and construction; Artificial satellites -- Design and construction
Dissertation Institution University of Utah
Dissertation Name MS
Language eng
Rights Management ©Jason Ramin Saberin
Format Medium application/pdf
Format Extent 47,219 bytes
Identifier us-etd2,160555
Source Original in Marriott Library Special Collections, TK7.5 2010 .S23
ARK ark:/87278/s6dj5w5n
Setname ir_etd
ID 192785
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6dj5w5n