Investigation of ultra-high-frequency antennas printed with polymer pastes on flexible substrates

IET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 549-554

  Janeczek, K ^a   Jakubowska, M ^b,c   Koziol G ^a   MLozniak A ^b   Arazna A ^a  

^a TELE AND RADIO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b ukasiewicz Research Network Institute of Microelectronics and Photonics   (Poland)

^c WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION AREA; APPLIED MATERIALS; CONDUCTIVE POLYMER; ELECTRICAL PARAMETER; FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE; POLY-3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE; POLYMER MATERIALS; PRINTED ELECTRONICS; PRINTING PROCESS; SILVER NANOPOWDER; SILVER PASTES; ULTRA-HIGH-FREQUENCY; VARIOUS SUBSTRATES;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; POLYMERS; SILVER; SUBSTRATES;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 84862129356     PISSN: 17518725     EISSN: 17518733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-map.2011.0351     Document Type: Article

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