Inkjet printed patch antennas on transparent substrates
Open Access
- 1 July 2010
- conference paper
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- Vol. 1 (15223965), 1-4
- https://doi.org/10.1109/aps.2010.5562275
Abstract
There is a growing interest in optically transparent antennas. Turpin et al. has demonstrated a meshed patch antenna with 93% transparency where the antenna could be either fabricated from electroformed metal mesh or screen printed on transparent substrates with conductive inks [1]. For a faster and more accurate fabrication, it is favorable to print antenna with an inkjet printer as described by Rida [2]. While Rida's approach focused mainly on using paper substrates and on ring or dipole type antennas, this paper is aimed to present a cheaper printing method and the feasibility of printing patch type antennas on transparent substrates for the applications such as solar cell integration.Keywords
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