Novel inkjet-printed substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) structures on low-cost materials for wearable applications

Author

Moro, Riccardo ; Bozzi, Maurizio ; Sangkil Kim ; Tentzeris, Manos

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron., Univ. of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

fYear

2012

Firstpage

72

Lastpage

75

Abstract

The implementation of Substrate Integrated Waveguide (SIW) structures in paper-based inkjet-printed technology is presented in this paper for the first time. SIW interconnects and components have been fabricated and tested on a multilayer paper substrate, which permits to implement low-cost and eco-friendly structures. A broadband and compact ridge substrate integrated slab waveguide covering the entire UWB frequency range is proposed and preliminarily verified. SIW structures appear particularly suitable for implementation on paper, due to the possibility to easily realize multilayered topologies and conformal geometries.

Keywords

ink jet printing; paper; ridge waveguides; substrate integrated waveguides; SIW interconnects; SIW structures; UWB frequency range; broadband substrate integrated slab waveguide; compact ridge substrate integrated slab waveguide; conformal geometry; inkjet-printed substrate integrated waveguide structure; low-cost materials; multilayer paper substrate; multilayered topology; paper-based inkjet-printed technology; wearable applications; Frequency measurement; Microwave antennas; Microwave circuits; Microwave filters; Substrates; Transmission line measurements; Substrate integrates waveguide; eco-friendly materials; paper-based inkjet-printed technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference (EuMC), 2012 42nd European

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2215-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-2-87487-026-2

Type

conf

Filename

6459165