On-demand printing of antennas for TV white-space communications

Author

Kgwadi, Monageng ; Vourch, Clement J. ; Harrison, Daniel J. ; Drysdale, Timothy D.

Author_Institution

Electron. & Nanoscale Eng. Res. Div., Univ. of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK

fYear

2014

fDate

10-11 Nov. 2014

Firstpage

553

Lastpage

556

Abstract

We present a meander-line monopole antenna produced by thermal-transfer metallic printing onto a polyester substrate. The antenna is immediately useful because no curing is required. The antenna has a measured fractional bandwidth of 26% centred at 864 MHz and directivity of 4.3. The measured and simulated s₁₁ parameter agree well. We show the radiation pattern measured in a near-field spherical scanning system. This study advances the development of low-cost, environmentally friendly antennas for deployment in the Internet of Things.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; monopole antennas; television broadcasting; Internet of Things; TV white space communications; antenna radiation pattern; fractional bandwidth; meander line monopole antenna; near field spherical scanning system; polyester substrate; thermal transfer metallic printing; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Metallization; Printing; Skin; Substrates; Green antenna; Low-cost antenna; Thermal-transfer; conformal antenna; low-profile antenna;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Conference (LAPC), 2014 Loughborough

Conference_Location

Loughborough

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LAPC.2014.6996448

Filename

6996448