Title :
Advanced conductive carbon fiber composite materials for antenna and microwave applications
Author :
Mehdipour, Aidin ; Sebak, Abdel R. ; Trueman, Christopher W. ; Rosca, Iosif D. ; Hoa, Suong V.
Author_Institution :
Mater. et Telecommun., EMT, INRS, Montreal, QC, Canada
Abstract :
Carbon fiber composite (CFC) material is used for building antennas and microwave circuits as an effective alternative to metal. Two kinds of composite materials are considered, namely reinforced continuous carbon-fiber (RCCF) composites and carbon nanotube (CNT) composites. The effect of the conductivity tensor of anisotropic RCCF composite on the antenna performance is addressed. Highly conductive single wall carbon nanotube (SWCNT) buckypapers are used to build composite material for antennas. A new fabrication method is proposed to print an arbitrarily-shaped full-composite SWCNT antenna on any type of substrate.
Keywords :
antennas; carbon fibre reinforced composites; carbon fibres; carbon nanotubes; microwave circuits; microwave materials; CFC material; CNT composites; advanced conductive carbon fiber composite materials; anisotropic RCCF composite; antenna application; antenna performance; arbitrarily-shaped full-composite SWCNT antenna; carbon nanotube composites; composite materials; conductivity tensor; fabrication method; highly-conductive SWCNT buckypapers; highly-conductive single-wall carbon nanotube buckypapers; microwave application; microwave circuits; reinforced continuous carbon-fiber composites; substrate; Conductivity; Metals; Microwave antennas; Optical fiber LAN; Substrates;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0461-0
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2012.6349125
