Conformal and green electronics: A wideband inkjet printed antenna on paper substrate

Author

Abutarboush, Hattan F. ; Shamim, A.

Author_Institution

Electr. Eng. Program, Comput., Electr. & Math. Sci. & Eng., King Abdullah Univ. Of Sci. & Technol. (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

fYear

2013

fDate

8-12 April 2013

Firstpage

3099

Lastpage

3102

Abstract

A cost effective and environmentally friendly wideband monopole antenna fabricated on flexible paper substrate using a metallic nanoparticle ink is proposed in this paper. By cutting a slot on the main radiator and adding an additional radiator, the bandwidth of the antenna is enhanced. The fabricated antenna prototype has a measured impedance bandwidth of 16.97% for the first band (2.21 - 2.62 GHZ) and 73.68% for the second band, covering the frequency range between 3 - 6.5 GHz. The size of the radiator is 30 ×; 34 mm². The measured and simulated results are in good agreement. The proposed design is suitable for conformal and environmentally friendly “green” electronics.

Keywords

microstrip antennas; monopole antennas; nanoparticles; antenna bandwidth; conformal electronics; environmentally friendly wideband monopole antenna; fabricated antenna prototype; flexible paper substrate; frequency 2.21 GHz to 2.62 GHz; frequency 3 GHz to 6.5 GHz; green electronics; impedance bandwidth; metallic nanoparticle ink; wideband inkjet printed antenna; Antenna measurements; Broadband antennas; Slot antennas; Substrates; Wideband; Antenna on Paper; Inkjet; Low cost antenna; Paper Substrate; Wideband Antenna;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2013 7th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Gothenburg

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2187-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-88-907018-1-8

Type

conf

Filename

6546878