Title :
Carbon nanotube-based printed antenna for conformal applications
Author :
Yu-Ming Wu ; Xin Lv ; Beng Kang Tay ; Hong Wang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Beijing Inst. of Technol., Beijing, China
Abstract :
In this paper, a novel printed antenna on the flexible substrate working at Gigahertz frequency is proposed based on the conductive carbon nanotube (CNT) ink. By advanced fabricating technique, the CNT ink is especially prepared and characterized so that a low-cost fabrication process has been developed for such a CNT printed antenna. The electromagnetic radiation properties have been investigated both theoretically and experimentally. This antenna has many advantages such as flexible, conformable, and portable but durable in severe enviroment. Because it can be conveniently integrated into the clothes and easy to carry, it has important applications in the wireless body area network.
Keywords :
carbon nanotubes; conformal antennas; microstrip antennas; CNT printed antenna; carbon nanotube-based printed antenna; conductive carbon nanotube ink; electromagnetic radiation; flexible substrate; low-cost fabrication process; wireless body area network; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Carbon nanotubes; Conductivity; Ink; Substrates; carbon nanotube; flexible electronics; inkjet printing; printed conformal antenna;
Conference_Titel :
Optoelectronics and Microelectronics (ICOM), 2013 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Harbin
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-1214-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICoOM.2013.6626498
