Significant Factors in the Inkjet Manufacture of Frequency-Selective Surfaces

IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 933-940

  Turki, Badredin M ^a   Parker, Edward Ted A ^a   Wünscher, Sebastian ^b   Schubert, Ulrich S ^b   Saunders, Rachel ^c   Sanchez Romaguera, Veronica ^c   Ziai, Mohamad Ali ^a   Yeates, Stephen G ^c   Batchelor, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic architecture; frequencyselective surfaces (FSSs); indoor radio propagation; inkjet printing; security

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; INK; SUBSTRATES;

ADDITIVE FABRICATION; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCES; ELECTROMAGNETIC STRUCTURE; FREQUENCY SELECTIVE SURFACE (FSS); FREQUENCY-SELECTIVE; INK-JET PRINTING TECHNOLOGIES; LINE DIMENSIONS; TRANSMISSION CHARACTERISTICS;

FREQUENCY SELECTIVE SURFACES;

EID: 84973541054     PISSN: 21563950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCPMT.2016.2561972     Document Type: Article

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