Wideband highly-efficient transparent/miniaturized antennas using clear colorless acrylic sheets for space/WLAN applications

Author

Rashidian, Atabak ; Shafai, L.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

fYear

2014

fDate

13-16 July 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Two novel resonator antennas are proposed for space/WLAN applications. The whole antenna system including substrate and resonator element is realized using clear colorless acrylic sheets. The first antenna is over 90% optically transparent and covers the entire Ku frequency band for satellite communications. By changing the boundary conditions using metallic plates, the second plastic antenna with significant size reduction is achieved to operate at 5-6 GHz frequency band for WLAN applications.

Keywords

broadband antennas; microwave antennas; resonators; satellite communication; wireless LAN; WLAN applications; boundary conditions; clear colorless acrylic sheets; frequency 5 GHz to 6 GHz; metallic plates; miniaturized antennas; plastic antenna; resonator antennas; resonator element; satellite communications; space applications; wideband highly efficient transparent antennas; Antenna radiation patterns; Dielectric resonator antennas; Optical resonators; Plastics; Resonant frequency; Satellite antennas; WLAN; dielectric materials; satellite communications; transparent antennas; wideband antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics (ANTEM), 2014 16th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Victoria, BC

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ANTEM.2014.6887677

Filename

6887677