Title :
A printed paper-based inverted F-antenna (PIFA) for WLAN applications
Author :
Gheethan, Ahmad A. ; Anagnostou, Dimitrios E. ; Amert, Anthony ; Whites, Keith W.
Author_Institution :
South Dakota Sch. of Mines & Technol., Rapid City, SD
Abstract :
This work shows the practicality of a paper substrate in wireless local area network (WLAN) applications for the first time. This substrate was used in designing, fabricating and testing a printed inverted F-antenna (PIFA) operating at 2.45GHz. Although paper substrates exhibit relatively high dielectric losses (tandelta ~ 0.07 at 2.45GHz), the maximum achievable gain of the fabricated antenna is +1.2 dBi and the total efficiency is ~ 82% at the resonant frequency. Furthermore, the simulation results of the return loss, as well as the radiation pattern of the antenna agree with the corresponding measured results.
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; microstrip antennas; planar inverted-F antennas; wireless LAN; PIFA; WLAN; antenna radiation pattern; frequency 2.45 GHz; printed paper-based inverted F-antenna; wireless local area network; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Dielectric loss measurement; Dielectric losses; Dielectric measurements; Dielectric substrates; Loss measurement; Resonant frequency; Testing; Wireless LAN; Antenna; Direct-Write; PIFA; Paper; WLAN;
Conference_Titel :
Flexible Electronics & Displays Conference and Exhibition, 2009.
Conference_Location :
Phoenix, AZ
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4338-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4340-6
DOI :
10.1109/FEDC.2009.5069278
