Title :
Inkjet-printed elastomeric millimeter-wave devices
Author :
Pacchini, Sebastien ; Hage-Ali, Sami ; Togonal, Alienor ; Tiercelin, Nicolas ; Pernod, Philippe ; Coquet, Philippe
Author_Institution :
CINTRA, NTU, Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS Sylgard 184) has become a popular substrate for stretchable electronics and conformal microwave devices in the 60-GHz band. In this communication we describe the fast prototyping and measurements of transmission lines and antennas at millimeter waves, based on the inkjet printing of silver nanoparticles inks on PDMS. The surface treatment of PDMS and the inkjet printing technique are detailed. There is a good agreement between modeling and millimeter-wave measurements, thus validating the potential of this approach for low cost ultra-flexible millimeter-wave electronics.
Keywords :
elastomers; flexible electronics; ink jet printing; millimetre wave devices; nanoparticles; silver; substrates; surface treatment; PDMS Sylgard 184; antenna; conformal microwave device; frequency 60 GHz; inkjet-printed elastomeric millimeter-wave device; millimeter-wave measurement; polydimethylsiloxane; silver nanoparticle ink; stretchable electronics; substrate; surface treatment; transmission line measurement; ultraflexible millimeter-wave electronics; Ink; Loss measurement; Microstrip; Microstrip antennas; Plasmas; Surface treatment; Transmission line measurements; PDMS; Ultra-flexible antenna; elastomer; inkjet-printing; millimeter-wave;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference (EuMC), 2014 44th European
Conference_Location :
Rome
DOI :
10.1109/EuMC.2014.6986357
