DocumentCode
2356059
Title
Flexible antennas for GPS reception
Author
Heikkinen, Jouko ; Laine-Ma, Teija ; Ruhanen, Antti ; Kivikoski, Markku
Author_Institution
Tampere University of Technology, Institute of Electronics, P.O. Box 692, FI-33101, FINLAND
fYear
2006
fDate
6-10 Nov. 2006
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
4
Abstract
Flexible antennas for GPS reception have been designed and their performance on two different substrates has been evaluated. Two antenna types, a corner-truncated square patch and a planar inverted F-antenna were studied. Antenna patterns were manufactured using conductive pastes and silk screen printing technique. Two different silver pastes and several mixing ratios of silver and carbon pastes were evaluated. It was found that the electrical performance of 25/75% carbon/silver paste mixture does not significantly differ from that of 100% silver paste, whereas the losses of 50/50% mixture are considerably higher. Furthermore, the printing substrate strongly affects the electrical performance of the other studied silver paste.
Keywords
Antenna measurements; Attenuation measurement; Copper; Fabrics; Global Positioning System; Microstrip; Permittivity; Plastics; Receiving antennas; Silver;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Antennas and Propagation, 2006. EuCAP 2006. First European Conference on
Conference_Location
Nice
Print_ISBN
978-92-9092-937-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/EUCAP.2006.4584583
Filename
4584583
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