Title :
Inkjet printed flexible transmission lines for high frequency applications up to 67 GHz
Author :
Belhaj, Mohamed Moez ; Wei Wei ; Pallecchi, Emiliano ; Mismer, Colin ; Roch-jeune, Isabel ; Happy, Henri
Author_Institution :
IEMN, Villeneuve-d´Ascq, France
Abstract :
This letter introduces radio frequency(RF) characterization of ink-jet printed coplanar waveguides (CPW) with and without strain. Kapton is selected as flexible substrate with different sintering temperature. With optimized inkjet printing parameters, well defined patterns with high resolution yield low attenuation constant even when operated up to 67GHz. Finally, we demonstrate that the RF performance of CPW is barely affected by bending.
Keywords :
coplanar waveguides; flexible electronics; ink jet printing; sintering; CPW; Kapton; RF characterization; ink-jet printed coplanar waveguides; inkjet printed flexible transmission lines; radio frequency characterization; Attenuation; Conductivity; Coplanar waveguides; Printing; Substrates; Temperature measurement; Transmission line measurements; Bended RF characterization; Coplanar waveguide (CPW); Flexible; Inkjet Printing; Kapton; substrates;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference (EuMC), 2014 44th European
Conference_Location :
Rome
DOI :
10.1109/EuMC.2014.6986740
