The aim is to demonstrate the use of alternative, inexpensive machines, for the prototyping and manufacturing of antennas on 3d printed substrates. In order to make the metamaterial absorber optically transparent, an inkjet printer was used to fabricate a thin conductive loop pattern. It is hoped that the transparent antennas can provide a useful means for antennas integration when employed in mobile terminals in the near future. The antennas substrate is a mixed fabric composed of polyester and cotton. Flexible and stretchable brushpainted wearable antenna on a. Electrical and computer engineering small satellites, especially cube satellites cubesats, have become important vehicles for space exploration. Nanoparticle inks print 3d antennas orders of magnitude.
Verification using a patch antenna initial verification before proceeding to print more complicated mesh geometry two geometrically identical rectangular patch antennas with inset feed were fabricated one is inkjet printed on pet substrate, then assembled on ro4003c. Optimization of inkjet printing of patch antennas on lowcost fibrous substrates, ieee antennas. Pat printed antenna on a nonconventional substrate. Microstrip patch antennas consist of a metallic patch on a grounded substrate.
Optically transparent metamaterial absorber using inkjet. Rida in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree master of science in the school of electrical and computer engineering georgia institute of technology may 2009. This fabrication process is widely spread for several applications, as it is. Design, simulation, and fabrication of a novel type of inkjet. Polarized spiral antenna using integrated balun with application to timedomain target detection, ieee trans. The antenna is inkjetprinted on a paper substrate to demonstrate the ability to produce small and lowcost uwb antennas with inkjetprinting technology which can enable compact, lowcost, and. In this work, we investigated the development and optimization of the abovementioned bowtie antenna on a costeffective transparent lowk silica substrate.
Big data and cognitive computing, bioengineering, biology, biomedicines. Inkjet printing of uwb antennas on paper based substrates. The antenna structure contains a novel triangular iterative design with coplanar waveguide cpw feed. Study of inkjet printing as an ultralowcost antenna prototyping. The prototypes are printed using three different printers. We report the modeling, and geometrical and electrical characterization, of inkjet and screenprinted patterns on different polymeric substrates for use as antennas in radiofrequency identification rfid applications. Inkjet printed transparent and bendable patch antenna.
In addition, this work shows that a reduction in miscrostrip antenna size. Conductive inkjet printed antennas on flexible lowcost paperbased substrates for rfid and wsn applications a thesis presented to the academic faculty by amin h. Electrical and computer engineering small satellites, especially cube satellites cubesats, have become important vehicles for. Inkjetprinting technology has recently been used in rfmicrowave applications such as ultrahighfrequency uhf antennas and filters fabricated on paper substrates 3 8. So, if the designer has a clear conception about the effect of changing substrate material and its thickness on the performance of the antenna, it will be easier to design an antenna. Inkjetprinted antenna on thin pet substrate for dual band wi.
Multilayer inkjet printing of millimeterwave proximityfed patch arrays on flexible substrates bs cook, b tehrani, jr cooper, mm tentzeris ieee antennas and wireless propagation letters 12, 5154, 20. Verification using a patch antenna initial verification before proceeding to print more complicated mesh geometry two geometrically identical rectangular patch antennas with inset feed were fabricated one is inkjet printed on pet substrate, then assembled on ro4003c 1. A conductive mwcnt inkjet printing process is used to pattern patch antennas in two. A graphenebased patch antenna resonating at the microwave frequency features. The result shows that the printed microstrip antennas have similar. Inkjet printed ultra wideband spiral antenna using integrated. Pham, xiaochuan xu, maggie yihongchen, senior member, ieee. The effect of changing substrate material and thickness on. Simulation process after studying the literature of antenna, it is simulated on an al203 substrate.
Research article efficient design of flexible and low cost paperbased inkjetprinted antenna a. Pdf inkjet printed patch antennas on transparent substrates. Kimionis j, isakov m, koh bs, georgiadis a, tentzeris mm. Inkjet printed reaction arrays on pigment coated substrates. This method will make use of a conductive polymer known as poly2,3dihydrothieno1,4dioxinpolystyrenesulfonate or pedotpss, and wil l make possible the fabrication of a flexible, near transparent antenna. The microstrip patch antenna first took form in the early 1970s and interest was renewed in the first microstrip antenna proposed by deschamps in 1953. Design, fabrication, and testing of flexible antennas intechopen.
Quality mapping of offset lithographic printed antenna. Rizk 1,2 department of electrical engineering, faculty of engineering, alexandria university, alexandria, egypt. Inkjet printed gps antenna on a 3d printed substrate using. Inkjet printed patch antennas on transparent substrates abstract. Furthermore, the resistance of the added metallic patch is relatively low. Multilayer inkjet printing of millimeterwave proximity. Chen, fellow, ieee abstractin this letter, we present a twodimensional 2bit.
Pdf inkjet printing of multilayer millimeterwave yagiuda. Research article experimental study on inkjetprinted passive uhf rfid. As inkjet printing technology enables deposition of a different number of layers, an accurate adjustment of the printed conductive tracks thickness is possible. As with cardboard b, due to the bad performance, wechosenottotryseveralprintingsinteringrounds. In, a multilayer microstrip patch antenna is printed with the anp. Bearing the similar design principles as the patch antenna, the transmission.
This paper presents the experimental study on an optimal circular meshed patch antenna inkjetprinted on transparent substrate. Papapolymerou, characterization oflcp material and transmission lines on lcp substrates from 30 to 110ghz, ieee trans. Pham, xiaochuan xu, maggie yihongchen, senior member, ieee, amir hosseini, xuejun lu, and ray t. The aim of this paper is to examine the potential of inkjet printing technology for the fabrication of near field communication nfc coil antennas. The proposed antenna is designed by finite element method fem based ansys high frequency structure simulator hfss. Inkjet printed patch antennas on transparent substrates. Experimental study on inkjetprinted passive uhf rfid tags. A transparent monopole antenna is printed on a glass substrate with an. Meanwhile, in 62, a patch antenna was printed on a polyester cotton. There is a minor difference of impedance bandwidth between star and triangular patch antenna. It is found that a noncontact feed using coupling between the feed line and the antenna is more effective and realistic than other feeding methods for solar cell integration. The inkjet printed on package patch antenna is shown in fig. Postprocess fabrication of multilayer mmwave onpackage. Multilayer inkjet printing of millimeterwave proximityfed patch arrays on flexible substrates article pdf available in ieee antennas and wireless propagation letters 12.
After replacing the rigid dielectric substrate with a flexible or stretchable substrate. Pdf inkjetprinted patch antenna emitter for wireless. This method will make use of a conductive polymer known as poly2,3dihydrothieno1,4dioxinpolystyrenesulfonate or pedotpss, and wil l make possible the fabrication of a flexible, neartransparent antenna. Inkjetprinted highly transparent solar cell antennas by jesus a. The prototypes are metalized with copper or nickel having different layer thickness. The proposed antenna system is composed of two directional bowtie antennas and a switching network. A highly stretchable, transparent, and conductive polymer. We use conductive ink of silver nanoparticles agnps and commercial dimatix material inkjet printer dmp3000 to print the proposed antenna on 50micron thick. Design, simulation, and fabrication of a novel type of inkjetprinted pixel antennas sadri g. Ieee transactions on microwave theory and techniques. Integrated broadband bowtie antenna on transparent silica. Needless to say, conventional microstrip antennas are not a practical solution for flexible. Inkjet printed highly transparent solar cell antennas by jesus a.
Numerical simulations on this type of bowtie antennas with different. Although paper facilitate lowcost, rapid, and simple inkjet printing, they are limited by high frequencies, absorption, and humidity concerns. Inkjet printing of ultrawideband uwb antennas on paperbased substrates. A performance been done in 1112 but these antennas cover only one or two frequency bands.
An optically transparent metamaterial absorber that can be obtained using inkjet printing technology is proposed. Inkjetprinted transparent antennas integrated on solar cells. Yan wang, yu wang, jinju chen, hong guo, kun liang, kyle marcus, qiling peng, jing zhang, zhesheng feng. New antenna design approach 3d polymer printing and. Pdf multilayer inkjet printing of millimeterwave proximity. The proposed microstripfed building block monopole antennas designed on e4d. We present the possibilities and challenges of passive uhf rfid tag antennas manufactured by inkjet printing silver nanoparticle ink on versatile paperbased substrates. The proposed antennas involve hexagonal cells that. A flexible, transparent planar antenna by itself is a product unique to conductive polymers, since a standard. Prabhu kumar, 1s bala durga prasad 1 department of ece, k l university, guntur dt, ap, india 2 assistant professor, department of ece, lbrce autonomous, mylavaram, ap.
We produce a graphenebased ink by liquid phase exfoliation of graphite in nmethylpyrrolidone. Inkjetprinted patch antenna emitter for wireless communication. We use it to print thinfilm transistors, with mobilities up to. The triangular patch give an impedance bandwidth from 3. The antenna patch and ground are separately brushpainted and cured one after the other. Inkjetprinted highly transparent solar cell antennas. Pat printed antenna on a nonconventional substrate for communication. A new conductive ink for microstrip antenna and bioinspired fss. Inkjetprinted paperbased substrateintegrated waveguide siw components and antennas riccardo moro1, sangkil kim2, maurizio bozzi1 and manos tentzeris2. Flexible inkjet printed proximityfed patch antennas, designed for the 24ghz industrial, scientific, and medical ism band, are demonstrated in this letter for the first time featuring a. Flexible and stretchable brushpainted wearable antenna on. Reversibly stretchable, optically transparent radiofrequency. There is a growing interest in optically transparent antennas. This is presented as a systemlevel solution for ultralowcost mass production of uhf radiofrequency identification rfid tags and.
Inkjet printing of ultrawideband uwb antennas on paper. Antenna design for bluetooth several antenna designs are considered. A fully inkjet printed 3d honeycomb inspired patch antenna e. Research article experimental study on inkjetprinted. This antenna has been fabricated using inkjet printing technology on a flexible, lowcost paper. Patch antennas we can design patch antennas and print them in order to operate at any given frequency we also custom design and print other types of broadband antennas example of the design of a 10ghz patch antenna is shown below transmission line design aspects are taken into consideration w l x 0 10 ghz dimension w 8. The radioproperties of the antenna samples are measured in an anechoic chamber along with the original one and a comparative assessment is finally performed. Several rfids and flexible transparent antennas have been prototyped. Flexible inkjetprinted proximityfed patch antennas, designed for the 24ghz industrial, scientific, and medical ism band, are demonstrated in this letter for the first time featuring a.
Inkjetprinted paperbased substrateintegrated waveguide. The inkjetprinted onpackage patch antenna is shown in fig. Fredercick research center, nicosia, cyprus abstract for the first time, we demonstrate the feasibility of. Conductive inkjetprintedantennas on flexible lowcostpaper. Abstractin this paper, an inkjetprinted broadband antenna on flexible and organic substrate for the uhf radio frequency identification rfid and sensing applications is presented. In this paper, we propose a paperbased pattern switchable antenna system using inkjetprinting technology for bidirection sensor applications. Research article efficient design of flexible and low cost. Moreover, these substrates are flexible, optical transparent and biocompatible, compatible. A cpwfed monopole configuration is selected due to its many attractive characteristics. The switching network consists of a singlepoledoublethrow spdt switch and a balun. The total inductance of an nturn planar spiral inductor coil figure 1 can be calculated as follows. In this paper, we propose a high gain antenna operating over dual band of 900 mhz and 2. We demonstrate inkjet printing as a viable method for largearea fabrication of graphene devices.
In this paper, a novel coplanar wire patch cwp antenna for 2. Printed with objet 260 polyjet 3d printer, silver nanoparticle ink for patch antennas j. The printed patterns on paper substrate usually have a dc conductivity in the range of 9. The wavy configuration of ag nws is obtained by floating the nw networks on the surface of water, followed by compression. Inkjetprinted antenna on thin pet substrate for dual band. A fully inkjetprinted multilayer microstrip patch antenna with a cpw to microstrip line transition is designed and demonstrated for the first time in this paper. Inkjet printing of uwb antennas on paper based substrates g. The sample is fabricated using inkjetprintingtechnology on a flexible. Inkjet printed ultra wideband spiral antenna using. Arellano, master of science utah state university, 2011 major professor. Abstractin this paper, an inkjetprinted broadband antenna. Meshed patch antennas provide a costeffective solution for applications where the antennas need to be optically transparent. Patch antennas may benefit greatly from 3d printing because of the flexibility over thickness that is offered when a structure is printed as opposed to etched into copperclad circuit board.
We compared the physical and electrical characteristics of two silver nanoparticlebased commercial inkjetprintable inks and one screenprintable silver paste, when. On paper a, the inkjet printed lines showed no conductivity even with eight printed layers. Inkjet printed antenna and phased array antenna systems. We compared the physical and electrical characteristics of two silver nanoparticlebased commercial inkjet printable inks and one screenprintable silver paste, when deposited. We report a facile approach for producing reversibly stretchable, optically transparent radiofrequency antennas based on wavy ag nanowire nw networks. Nanoparticle inks print 3d antennas orders of magnitude better than your boring 2d antenna. In this paper, we propose a paperbased pattern switchable antenna system using inkjet printing technology for bidirection sensor applications. Secondly, using a case study, this paper also examines the performance of a rectangular microstrip antenna fabricated on various textile substrates. A compact kaptonbased inkjet printed multiband antenna for.
Inkjet printed planar coil antenna analysis for nfc. Jun 03, 2015 in order to design a microstrip patch antenna at first the designer is to select the substrate material and its thickness. Pdf inkjet printing of multilayer millimeterwave yagi. The transparent substrate can then be integrated on solar cells. Research article experimental study on inkjetprinted passive. The most efficient manufacturing parameters, such as the pattern resolution, were determined and the optimal number of printed layers was evaluated for each substrate material. Properties and printability of inkjet and screenprinted. Inkjet printing of a polymeric antenna drexel university. Ninjaflex 3d printed substrate and the structure is thermally cured at 110 c for 15 minutes see fig. Microstrip antennas have found widespread applications for microwave as well as millimeter wave systems. Reversibly stretchable, optically transparent radio. Design, simulation, and fabrication of a novel type of. A facile process combined with inkjet printing, surface modification and electroless deposition to fabricate adhesionenhanced copper patterns on flexible polymer substrates for functional flexible electronics. Georgia institute of technology, atlanta, ga, usa 3.
We have also demonstrated the application of inkjet printing technology in the fabrication of icenabled 9 and chipless rfid sensors 10 and printed antennas. Nov 23, 20 we report the modeling, and geometrical and electrical characterization, of inkjet and screen printed patterns on different polymeric substrates for use as antennas in radiofrequency identification rfid applications. Recent development of flexible and stretchable antennas for bio. Pattern switchable antenna system using inkjetprinted. Inkjetassisted layerbylayer printing of encapsulated arrays. Inkjet printing of a wideband, high gain mm wave vi valdi. This paper focuses on the feed design and fastprototyping with inkjet printing technique, where the antenna geometry is printed on a thin transparent substrate with conductive ink using a commercial printer. The antenna design which is fabricated using the inkjet printing technology. Unmanned quality inspection of these printed substrate boards and electrodes demands highspeed, largescale and nondestructive methods, which is highly desired for manufacturing industries. Tentzeris, conductive inkjetprinted antennas on flexible lowcost paperbased substrates for. New wideformat substrate options in last weeks feature, we spoke about flatbed wideformat printers, and remarked that one of their big selling points was that they could print on a bewildering variety of materialsincreasing the number of applications that creative shops could develop, the more niches shops could carve out. In this paper, we use a simple design of printed antennas, with some changes in feeder spacing, and exposed printed antennas to di erent postsynthesis heating temperatures in a vacuum furnace at temperatures up to c at di erent heating times. In this paper, a novel and conformal multiband antenna is presented.
Ito2 1optics and electronics laboratory, fujikura ltd. A compact kaptonbased inkjet printed multiband antenna. Experimental study on inkjetprinted passive uhf rfid tags on. The proposed antenna is designed in high frequency structure simulator and realized by depositing indium tin oxide nanoparticles as a radiating patch and a ground on the polydimethylsiloxane substrate through fujifilm dimatix dmp. Inkjet printing of coplanar wirepatch antenna on a. Offset lithographic printed flexible antenna substrate boards and electrodes have attracted much attention recently due to the boost of flexible electronics.
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