Carbon nanotube-based planar transmission lines

Author

EL Sabbagh, Mahmoud A. ; El-Ghazaly, Samir M. ; Naseem, Hameed A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

7-12 June 2009

Firstpage

353

Lastpage

356

Abstract

In this paper, we explore building planar transmission lines using carbon nanotube (CNT) networks. We are successful in building the transmission lines and verifying the feasibility of potential planar transmission lines where carbon nanotube networks replace the conventional metallic traces. The experimental realization and the two-port microwave measurements of the proposed transmission lines enable accurate extractions of the fundamental parameters showing percolation effects in CNT networks. The frequency-dependent phase velocity characteristics show dramatic reduction compared to the speed of light in vacuum. The large magnitude of extracted complex permittivity for CNT networks also exhibits its percolation performance.

Keywords

carbon nanotubes; microwave measurement; nanotube devices; transmission lines; two-port networks; CNT network; carbon nanotube; complex permittivity; frequency-dependent phase velocity characteristics; planar transmission lines; two-port microwave measurement; Carbon nanotubes; Conductivity; Dielectric substrates; Frequency; Microwave measurements; Permittivity; Planar transmission lines; Polymer films; Transmission line measurements; Transmission line theory; Carbon nanotube; nanotechnology; percolation; permittivity; phase velocity; planar transmission lines;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 2009. MTT '09. IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2803-8

Electronic_ISBN

0149-645X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2009.5165706

Filename

5165706