A printed paper-based inverted F-antenna (PIFA) for WLAN applications

Author

Gheethan, Ahmad A. ; Anagnostou, Dimitrios E. ; Amert, Anthony ; Whites, Keith W.

Author_Institution

South Dakota Sch. of Mines & Technol., Rapid City, SD

fYear

2009

fDate

2-5 Feb. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

This work shows the practicality of a paper substrate in wireless local area network (WLAN) applications for the first time. This substrate was used in designing, fabricating and testing a printed inverted F-antenna (PIFA) operating at 2.45GHz. Although paper substrates exhibit relatively high dielectric losses (tandelta ~ 0.07 at 2.45GHz), the maximum achievable gain of the fabricated antenna is +1.2 dBi and the total efficiency is ~ 82% at the resonant frequency. Furthermore, the simulation results of the return loss, as well as the radiation pattern of the antenna agree with the corresponding measured results.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; microstrip antennas; planar inverted-F antennas; wireless LAN; PIFA; WLAN; antenna radiation pattern; frequency 2.45 GHz; printed paper-based inverted F-antenna; wireless local area network; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Dielectric loss measurement; Dielectric losses; Dielectric measurements; Dielectric substrates; Loss measurement; Resonant frequency; Testing; Wireless LAN; Antenna; Direct-Write; PIFA; Paper; WLAN;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Flexible Electronics & Displays Conference and Exhibition, 2009.

Conference_Location

Phoenix, AZ

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4338-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4340-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FEDC.2009.5069278

Filename

5069278