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Design of microstrip‐fed proximity‐coupled conducting‐polymer patch antenna
Author(s) -
Rmili Hatem,
Miane JeanLouis,
Zangar Habib,
Olinga Thomas
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.21435
Subject(s) - hfss , microstrip antenna , patch antenna , return loss , microwave , materials science , microstrip , bandwidth (computing) , radiation pattern , antenna measurement , electrical engineering , antenna (radio) , acoustics , engineering , electronic engineering , optoelectronics , physics , telecommunications
A conducting‐polymer patch antenna is fabricated using a screen‐printing technique. Polyaniline (Pani) film of conductivity 6000 S/m, permittivity 6000, and thickness 100 μm is used as a radiating patch to realize a microstrip‐fed proximity‐coupled Pani‐patch antenna operating at around 10 GHz. Ansoft‐HFSS was used as a design tool to validate the experimental measurements of the antenna. The measured and simulated results of the resonant frequency, return loss, gain, bandwidth, and radiation patterns are presented. The simulations and measurements are performed on both copper‐ and Pani‐antennas for comparison. Details of the design considerations and the simulation and experimental results are presented and discussed. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett, 48: 655–660, 2006; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.21435