Performance analysis of MWCNT loaded fluorinedoped tin oxide based optically transparent terahertz patch antenna

Author

Thampy, Anand Sreekantan ; Dhamodharan, Sriram Kumar

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Commun. Eng., Nat. Inst. of Technol., Tiruchirappalli, India

fYear

2014

Firstpage

142

Lastpage

145

Abstract

In this paper, the multiwalled carbon nanotube loaded fluorine-doped tin oxide based optically transparent antenna is designed to resonate at 750 GHz. The fluorine-doped tin oxide thin film is used as antenna patch and a ground plane. The transparent MWCNT is used for shorting the microstrip line and ground plane. The suggested technique is applied to improve the impedance performance of the transparent patch antenna. The proposed structure of the antenna is transparent in the visible spectrum region. The impedance and radiation characteristics of the antenna are analyzed in the 711 - 796 GHz band. The antenna is simulated using finite element method based electromagnetic solver, Ansys - HFSS.

Keywords

carbon nanotubes; electric impedance; finite element analysis; fluorine; microstrip antennas; microstrip lines; terahertz wave devices; thin films; tin compounds; Ansys; SnO:F,C; electromagnetic solver; finite element method; frequency 711 GHz to 796 GHz; ground plane; impedance performance; microstrip line; multiwalled carbon nanotube loaded fluorine-doped tin oxide; optically transparent terahertz patch antenna; performance analysis; visible spectrum region; Gain; Impedance; Loaded antennas; Optical films; Optical sensors; Patch antennas; MWCNT; Patch antenna; Shorting pin; Transparent antenna;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applied Electromagnetics (APACE), 2014 IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-6602-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APACE.2014.7043763

Filename

7043763