Low-Cost Printed Flexible Antenna by Using an Office Printer for Conformal Applications
A low-cost inkjet printing method for antenna fabrication on a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) substrate is presented in this paper. An office inkjet printer is used to have desired patterns of silver nanoparticle ink on the PET substrate without any postprocessing. Silver nanoparticle ink cures in...
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| description | A low-cost inkjet printing method for antenna fabrication on a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) substrate is presented in this paper. An office inkjet printer is used to have desired patterns of silver nanoparticle ink on the PET substrate without any postprocessing. Silver nanoparticle ink cures instantly as soon as it is ejected from the printer on a chemically treated PET substrate. The thickness of the silver nanoparticle layer was measured to be 300 nm with a sheet resistance of as low as 0.3 Ω/sq and a conductivity around 1.11 × 107 S/m with single layer deposition. A coplanar waveguide- (CPW-) fed Z-shape planar antenna on the PET substrate achieved the measured radiation efficiency of 62% and the IEEE gain of 1.44 dBi at 2.45 GHz. The printed antenna is also tested in bending conditions to ascertain its performance for the Internet of things (IoT) conformal applications for the future 5G network. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f7317ab2594549a497642c773af957a52025-02-03T05:44:46ZengWileyInternational Journal of Antennas and Propagation1687-58691687-58772018-01-01201810.1155/2018/32415813241581Low-Cost Printed Flexible Antenna by Using an Office Printer for Conformal ApplicationsKashif Nisar Paracha0Sharul Kamal Abdul Rahim1Hassan Tariq Chattha2Saqer Saleh Aljaafreh3Sabih ur Rehman4Yew Chiong Lo5Wireless Communication Centre, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, MalaysiaWireless Communication Centre, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, MalaysiaDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Islamic University of Madinah, Al-Madinah, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Mu’tah University, Mu’tah, JordanCharles Sturt University, Bathurst, NSW, AustraliaFaculty of Engineering, Multimedia University, Cyberjaya, MalaysiaA low-cost inkjet printing method for antenna fabrication on a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) substrate is presented in this paper. An office inkjet printer is used to have desired patterns of silver nanoparticle ink on the PET substrate without any postprocessing. Silver nanoparticle ink cures instantly as soon as it is ejected from the printer on a chemically treated PET substrate. The thickness of the silver nanoparticle layer was measured to be 300 nm with a sheet resistance of as low as 0.3 Ω/sq and a conductivity around 1.11 × 107 S/m with single layer deposition. A coplanar waveguide- (CPW-) fed Z-shape planar antenna on the PET substrate achieved the measured radiation efficiency of 62% and the IEEE gain of 1.44 dBi at 2.45 GHz. The printed antenna is also tested in bending conditions to ascertain its performance for the Internet of things (IoT) conformal applications for the future 5G network.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/3241581 |
| spellingShingle | Kashif Nisar Paracha Sharul Kamal Abdul Rahim Hassan Tariq Chattha Saqer Saleh Aljaafreh Sabih ur Rehman Yew Chiong Lo Low-Cost Printed Flexible Antenna by Using an Office Printer for Conformal Applications International Journal of Antennas and Propagation |
| title | Low-Cost Printed Flexible Antenna by Using an Office Printer for Conformal Applications |
| title_full | Low-Cost Printed Flexible Antenna by Using an Office Printer for Conformal Applications |
| title_fullStr | Low-Cost Printed Flexible Antenna by Using an Office Printer for Conformal Applications |
| title_full_unstemmed | Low-Cost Printed Flexible Antenna by Using an Office Printer for Conformal Applications |
| title_short | Low-Cost Printed Flexible Antenna by Using an Office Printer for Conformal Applications |
| title_sort | low cost printed flexible antenna by using an office printer for conformal applications |
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