Plantenna or a Plant made to Function as an Antenna
Abstract
The Plantenna project has the overlying goal to simply use a plant as an antenna. To do this, special plants called metal hyper accumulators are being tested to observe any antenna like properties. The testing so far has been focused at finding an appropriate testing procedure while analyzing the basic impedance properties of plants concerning the relationships between impedance and test frequency and impedance and plant length. This report will illustrate that the plants behave in an expected manner with a linear relationship between the impedance and the plant distance as well as providing a valid testing procedure for use on the plants in question.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 30, 2007
- Accession Number
- ADA500093
Entities
People
- V. Chandraselar
Organizations
- Colorado State University