A method to improve the bandwidth of photovoltaic modules for LiFi applications

OM-EPAM will present the paper “A method to improve the bandwidth of photovoltaic modules for LiFi applications” at the Sixth International Balkan Conference on Communications and Networking

Istanbul, Turkey, June 5-8, 2023, session S11 (student session)

26/05/2022

In the last decades, researchers increased their interest in a new type of wireless communication called Light Fidelity (LiFi). This is because radio bands used in Wi-Fi are becoming saturated and soon will reach their limits. Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) are used in LiFi as visible light transmitters, and the reception is typically implemented by a prototype/intrinsic-semiconductor/n-type PIN or Avalanche Photodiode (APD) photoreceptor. However, it has a problem with performance reduction under sunlight. Photovoltaic (PV) modules could be potential candidates for outdoor applications but are limited with a bandwidth of hundreds of kHz. In this work, we propose a method based on designing a negative impedance converter (NIC) to broaden the bandwidth of a PV module.

A method to improve the bandwidth of photovoltaic modules for LiFi applications by Carlos Iván del Valle Morales, Juan Carlos Torres Zafra, Iñaki Martinez-Sarriegui, Zhongcheng Yuan, Henry Snaith, Alexandra Ramadan, Arnaud Walter, Xin-Yu Chin, Quentin Jeangros, Randy Lozada Domínguez, Jose M. Sánchez-Pena, Georgios Pekridis, Emmanouil Mylonakis, and Dimitris Syvridis.

Communication authors: Optiva Media, Oxford University, Centre Suisse d’ Electronique et de Microtechnique SA (CSEM), Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Eulambia Advanced Technologies.

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