Inkjet Printing of Ultrawideband (UWB) Antennas on Paper-Based Substrates

Shaker, George; Rida, A.; Safavi‐Naeini, Safieddin; Tentzeris, Manos M.; Nikolaou, Symeon

doi:10.1109/lawp.2011.2106754

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“…Several approaches for evaluating the permittivity and loss of substrates commonly found in the literature include the microstrip resonator, cavity resonator, and transmission line dispersion methods. [7,9,[26][27][28][29] In this work, a microstrip T-resonator approach was used.…”

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“…[1][2][3][4] Reports of inkjet-printed metalized devices on flexible substrates range from antennas to sensors to thin film transistors to RFID tags. [1,[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] The patterned metallization of substrates using inkjet printing is commonly conducted with inks comprised of a dispersion of metallic nanoparticles within a carrier fluid tailored to achieve a desired viscosity and wetting behavior for a particular substrate. [1][2][3][4] Coatings on the metallic nanoparticles are used to ensure that the nanoparticles remain well dispersed in the ink.…”

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Inkjet catalyst printing and electroless copper deposition for low-cost patterned microwave passive devices on paper

Cook

Fang

Kim

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Electron. Mater. Lett.

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A scalable, low-cost process for fabricating copper-based microwave components on flexible, paper-based substrates is demonstrated. An inkjet printer is used to deposit a catalyst-bearing solution (tailored for such printing) in a desired pattern on commercially-available, recyclable, non-toxic (Teslin ® ) paper. The catalystbearing paper is then immersed in an aqueous copper-bearing solution to allow for electroless deposition of a compact and conformal layer of copper in the inkjet-derived pattern. Meander monopole antennas comprised of such electroless-deposited copper patterns on paper exhibited comparable performance as for antennas synthesized via inkjet printing of a commercially-available silver nanoparticle ink. However, the solutionbased patterning and electroless copper deposition process avoids nozzle-clogging problems and costs associated with noble metal particle-based inks. This process yields compact conductive copper layers without appreciable oxidation and without the need for an elevated temperature, post-deposition thermal treatment commonly required for noble metal particle-based ink processes. This low-cost copper patterning process is readily scalable and may be used to generate a variety of copper-based microwave devices on flexible, paper-based substrates.

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Inkjet catalyst printing and electroless copper deposition for low-cost patterned microwave passive devices on paper

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“…Cellulose, in fact, is a natural polymer very abundant on Earth, biodegradable, available at very low cost and for which there is already an established production chain. Using these materials, a number of building blocks widely used in communication and sensing electronic hardware have already been demonstrated, among them: antennas [4], oscillators [5], accelerometers [6], RIFD tags [7], energy harvesting systems [8] and devices like organic semiconductor MOS transistors [9,10]. Figure 1 illustrates the basic building blocks of three different communication systems, namely: a super-heterodyne receiver, a harmonic RFID tag and a Doppler radar sensor.…”

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This paper proposes a review of several circuits for communication and wireless sensing applications implemented on cellulose-based materials. These circuits have been developed during the last years exploiting the adhesive copper laminate method. Such a technique relies on a copper adhesive tape that is shaped by a photolithographic process and then transferred to the hosting substrate (i.e., paper) by means of a sacrificial layer. The presented circuits span from UHF oscillators to a mixer working at 24 GHz and constitute an almost complete set of building blocks that can be applied to a huge variety communication apparatuses. Each circuit is validated experimentally showing performance comparable with the state-ofthe-art. This paper demonstrates that circuits on cellulose are capable of operating at record frequencies and that ultra-low cost, green i.e., recyclable and biodegradable) materials can be a viable solution to realize high frequency hardware for the upcoming Internet of Things (IoT) era.

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“…The conventional processes to achieve its final conductivity are not needed and the antenna patterns can be printed by home ink-jet printer, therefore the antenna design cost and process are low and simple. The rectenna for energy harvesting, the antenna for RFID tag and the UWB antenna printed on paper based substrates have been reported [1,2] and ink-jet printing is also used for the planar antenna. We propose the ink-jet printing dual polarized loop slot antenna fed by triplate line.…”

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Ink-jet printing of dual polarized loop slot antenna fed by tri-plate line on paper based substrates

Hasegawa

Arai

2016

IEICE ComEX

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In this paper, we demonstrate the feasibility of ink-jet printed loop slot antenna fed by tri-plate line with nano particle silver ink. The fabrication process of ink-jet printing is easy to be printed by home ink-jet printer at lower cost. The antenna element consists of a loop slot, a parasitic patch and a feeding probe with stub. The antenna components are printed on paper based substrates with nano particle silver ink. This antenna has wide band characteristic that can cover more than 27% of fractional bandwidth with a VSWR less than 1.5 and a high isolation between dual-polarization feeding ports of more than 20 dB. This paper presents a design approach of this proposed antenna and the antenna characteristics. Keywords: ink-jet printing, tri-plate line, loop slot, dual polarization Classification: Antennas and Propagation , vol. 46, no. 9, pp. 1245-1251, Sep. 1998. DOI:10.1109 A. Bhattacharyya, O. Fordham, and Y. Liu, "Analysis of stripline-fed slotcoupled patch antennas with vias for parallel-plate mode suppression," IEEE Trans. References

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Inkjet Printing of Ultrawideband (UWB) Antennas on Paper-Based Substrates

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Inkjet catalyst printing and electroless copper deposition for low-cost patterned microwave passive devices on paper

Inkjet catalyst printing and electroless copper deposition for low-cost patterned microwave passive devices on paper

Impact of Commuincation on Internet of Things for Human Mind and Wireless Sensors Using Powerful Technology (Smt/Rfid)

Ink-jet printing of dual polarized loop slot antenna fed by tri-plate line on paper based substrates

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