RF design for inkjet technology: Antenna geometries and layer thickness optimization

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages 188-191

  Pynttäri, Vesa ^a   Halonen, Eerik ^a   Sillanpää, Hannu ^a   Mäntysalo, Matti ^a   Mäkinen, Riku ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Antenna measurements; flexible printed circuits; transmission lines; UHF antennas

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ELEMENT; ANTENNA GEOMETRY; ANTENNA MEASUREMENT; EDGE THICKNESS; EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; EFFICIENCY LEVELS; ELECTRICAL PERFORMANCE; FEED LINE; FLEXIBLE PRINTED CIRCUIT; FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE; HIGH-CURRENT; INK JET TECHNOLOGY; LAYER THICKNESS; LOCAL ADDITIONS; LOW TEMPERATURES; PRINTED ANTENNA; PRINTED TRANSMISSION LINE; REFERENCE ANTENNAS; RF APPLICATIONS; RF DESIGN; SUBSTRATE MATERIAL; THICKNESS VARIATION; TWO LAYERS; UHF ANTENNAS;

EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC LINES; OPTIMIZATION; SUBSTRATES; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 84859054733     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2012.2187269     Document Type: Article

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