• DocumentCode
    3541113
  • Title

    X-band microstrip antenna bandwidth enhancement using multi-walled carbon nanotubes

  • Author

    Barbosa, Gelza M. ; Mosso, Marbey M. ; Filho, Rogerio N Rebello ; Monteiro, Fernando H R ; Fernando, L.F.

  • Author_Institution
    Diretoria de Sist. de Armas da Marinha, Brazilian Navy, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    Oct. 29 2011-Nov. 1 2011
  • Firstpage
    891
  • Lastpage
    895
  • Abstract
    This paper presents a comparison between conventional X-band microstrip patch antennas and the same antenna design with insertion of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) in two different configurations: buckypaper and epoxy-MWCNT composite. The results show that insertion of epoxy-MWCNT composite layer over the microstrip patch antenna increases its operation bandwidth without considerable degradation in other parameters.
  • Keywords
    carbon nanotubes; microstrip antennas; microwave antennas; X-band microstrip antenna bandwidth enhancement; epoxy-MWCNT composite; microstrip patch antenna; multiwalled carbon nanotubes; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Gain; Microstrip; Microstrip antennas; Patch antennas; Antenna; carbon nanotubes; microstrip; microwave; radiation pattern;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave & Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC), 2011 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International
  • Conference_Location
    Natal
  • ISSN
    Pending
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1662-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IMOC.2011.6169255
  • Filename
    6169255