Inkjet printing of novel wideband and high gain antennas on low-cost paper substrate

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 4148-4156

  Cook, Benjamin S ^a   Shamim, Atif ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Inkjet printing; low cost electronics; ultrawideband (UWB) antennas

Indexed keywords

HEAT SINTERING; HIGH GAIN; HIGH GAIN ANTENNAS; INKJET PRINTING PROCESS; LASER SINTERING; LOG-PERIODIC DIPOLE ARRAYS; LOW-COST ELECTRONICS; METALLIC NANOPARTICLES; MINIATURIZATION TECHNIQUES; PAPER SUBSTRATE; PRINTED ANTENNA; SLOW WAVE; ULTRA-WIDEBAND ANTENNAS; VIVALDI; WIDE-BAND; WIDEBAND ANTENNA; WIDTH REDUCTION;

ANTENNAS; COSTS; INK JET PRINTING; LASER HEATING; NANOPARTICLES; SINTERING;

ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

COSTS; PRINTING; SINTERING;

EID: 84866007509     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2012.2207079     Document Type: Article

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