Inkjet-printed two-dimensional phased-array antenna on a flexible substrate

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 12, Issue , 2013, Pages 170-173

  Subbaraman, Harish ^a   Pham, Daniel T ^b   Xu, Xiaochuan ^a   Chen, Maggie Yihong ^d   Hosseini, Amir ^a   Lu, Xuejun ^e   Chen, Ray T ^c  

^a OMEGA OPTICS INC   (United States)

^b IBM MICROELECTRONICS   (United States)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^d Texas State University   (United States)

^e University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam steering; Carbon nanotube; Flexible antenna; Inkjet printing; Phase shifters; Phased arrays; Thin film transistors

Indexed keywords

BEAM-STEERING; FLEXIBLE ANTENNAS; FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE; KAPTON SUBSTRATE; MULTILAYER INTERCONNECTIONS; PHASED ARRAY ANTENNAS; SWITCHING ELEMENTS; THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR (TFTS);

ACCESS CONTROL; CARBON NANOTUBES; INK JET PRINTING; PHASE SHIFTERS; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS;

EID: 84882778781     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2013.2245292     Document Type: Article

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