In this paper, a biologically inspired design methodology to develop directional leaf‐shaped printed monopole antennas (PMA) for applications in the fourth‐generation (4G) of mobile telecommunications technology is presented. Bio‐inspired in the leaf shapes of a sugar cane plant, compact directional PMA are designed (with partial ground planes and flat rectangular reflectors) to cover the Brazilian 4G 700 MHz regulated band (698–806 MHz), with broadside radiation patterns and maximum directive gain up to 7.7 dBi. Simulated and measured results are presented for the proposed leaf‐shaped antenna prototypes, and obtained results are compared with a square PMA. The use of bio‐inspired leaf‐shaped radiators and flat reflectors provides a fine tuning of ultra‐wideband commonly presented by a conventional PMA, and the lowest resonant mode can be adjusted to cover the 700 MHz band. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 58:1529–1533, 2016

In this paper is developed a transparent antenna, bioinspired in ingae edulis mart plants, build in Indio Tin Oxide film, and flexible transparent dielectric of low cost (cellulose acetate), generated by Gielis formula, for wireless local area network application in 5 GHz (5.15–5.85 GHz). The measured bioinspired transparent antenna presented bandwidth of 4.11 GHz (4.50‐8.66 GHz), covering the WLAN band, with maximum gain of 5.44 dBi, and half power beamwidth of 126° at resonance frequency.

A flower-shape bio-inspired aperture-coupled antenna array for on-chip application, generated by Gielis formula, operating in industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) band at 60 GHz (57 GHZ to 64 GHz) is presented in this paper. The antenna proposed is composed of a transmission feed line followed by an aperture and patch element built in aluminum, with 2 micrometers of thickness, lying on two layers of silicon with 200 micrometers of thickness each. Dimensions of the antennas were calculated according to the effective wavelength for the resonance frequency at 60 GHz. Simulations were performed in the commercial software ANSYS® Electronics Desktop. The use of the bio-inspired flower-shape promotes more compact structures with greater perimeter, rearranging these shapes into an antenna array provided a gain and a bandwidth increase in the design, 3.11dBi and 2.86GHz, respectively, which resulted in a maximum gain of 8.82 dBi and a total bandwidth of 5.88 GHz.

This paper presents the characterization of dielectric properties (dielectric permittivity and dielectric loss factor) of Tommy Atkins mango (Mangifera indica L), a fruit produced in several regions of Brazil, of great economic importance. The fruits were characterized according to their maturation index, by probe method, and identified by the yellowish tone in their bark. The results allowed correlating the dielectric characteristics of the fruit with the physicochemical transformations that occurred in the maturation process of the mango Tommy. It was also verified a greater variation in the frequencies below 1 GHz, with the maturation indicated by the dielectric signature on the fifth day after the harvest. From these results, we can observe the use of electromagnetic materials and techniques in the solution and optimization of processes in agriculture can improve the quality of products consumed or suggesting best practices to the productive sector.

The Industrial Scientific and Medical band in 60 GHz (57 GHz to 64 GHz) is being proposed to high data rate wireless transmission requiring antennas with efficient design. In this paper we present an on-chip array aperture couple antenna, using Koch fractalgeometry. The proposed antenna is composed by a transmission feed line, an aperture and patch element built in aluminum with 2 micrometers of thickness lying on two layers of silicon with height of 200 micrometers. Those dimensions were calculated according to the effective wavelength for resonance frequency at 60 GHz in order to match at 50 Ohms. The proposed antennas have been simulated using the ANSYS software, and the results show an omnidirectional radiation pattern, with half power beamwidth greater than 124 degrees, gain of 16.7 dBi, and polarization close to the circular polarization with axial ratio less of 2.22.