Low-Cost Printed Flexible Antenna by Using an Office Printer for Conformal Applications
Joint Authors
Paracha, Kashif Nisar
Rahim, Sharul Kamal Abdul
Aljaafreh, Saqer Saleh
Rehman, Sabih ur
Lo, Yew Chiong
Chattha, H. T.
Source
International Journal of Antennas and Propagation
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-02-14
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
A low-cost inkjet printing method for antenna fabrication on a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) substrate is presented in this paper.
An office inkjet printer is used to have desired patterns of silver nanoparticle ink on the PET substrate without any postprocessing.
Silver nanoparticle ink cures instantly as soon as it is ejected from the printer on a chemically treated PET substrate.
The thickness of the silver nanoparticle layer was measured to be 300 nm with a sheet resistance of as low as 0.3 Ω/sq and a conductivity around 1.11 × 107 S/m with single layer deposition.
A coplanar waveguide- (CPW-) fed Z-shape planar antenna on the PET substrate achieved the measured radiation efficiency of 62% and the IEEE gain of 1.44 dBi at 2.45 GHz.
The printed antenna is also tested in bending conditions to ascertain its performance for the Internet of things (IoT) conformal applications for the future 5G network.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Paracha, Kashif Nisar& Rahim, Sharul Kamal Abdul& Chattha, H. T.& Aljaafreh, Saqer Saleh& Rehman, Sabih ur& Lo, Yew Chiong. 2018. Low-Cost Printed Flexible Antenna by Using an Office Printer for Conformal Applications. International Journal of Antennas and Propagation،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1168442
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Paracha, Kashif Nisar…[et al.]. Low-Cost Printed Flexible Antenna by Using an Office Printer for Conformal Applications. International Journal of Antennas and Propagation No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1168442
American Medical Association (AMA)
Paracha, Kashif Nisar& Rahim, Sharul Kamal Abdul& Chattha, H. T.& Aljaafreh, Saqer Saleh& Rehman, Sabih ur& Lo, Yew Chiong. Low-Cost Printed Flexible Antenna by Using an Office Printer for Conformal Applications. International Journal of Antennas and Propagation. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1168442
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1168442