A direct-write printed antenna on paper-based organic substrate for flexible displays and WLAN applications

IEEE/OSA Journal of Display Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 558-564

  Anagnostou, Dimitris E ^a   Gheethan, Ahmad A ^a   Amert, Anthony K ^a   Whites, Keith W ^a  

^a South Dakota School of Mines and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna; direct write; flexible display; inverted F antenna (IFA); paper; WLAN

Indexed keywords

DIRECT WRITE; DISPLAY APPLICATION; FABRICATION TECHNOLOGIES; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; INVERTED-F; INVERTED-F ANTENNA; LOW-COST ELECTRONICS; ORGANIC SUBSTRATE; PAPER SUBSTRATE; PRINTED ANTENNA; RADIATION PATTERNS; RETURN LOSS; RF ELECTRONICS; SIMULATED RESULTS; TOTAL EFFICIENCY; WLAN; WLAN APPLICATIONS;

DIELECTRIC LOSSES; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); FABRICATION; FLEXIBLE DISPLAYS; INNOVATION; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; SUBSTRATES; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

ANTENNAS;

EID: 78049287637     PISSN: 1551319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JDT.2010.2045474     Document Type: Article

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