Title :
Screen-printed silver-ink antennas for frequency-reconfigurable architectures in LTE phones
Author :
Del Barrio, Samantha Caporal ; Holmgaard, T. ; Christensen, Mads ; Morris, Art ; Pedersen, Gert F.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Syst., Aalborg Univ., Aalborg, Denmark
Abstract :
Screen printing is a proven manufacturing technology enabling high-volume production at low cost. The achievable efficiency of a screen-printed silver antenna structure for fourth generation (4G) mobile phone implementation is investigated, with a market-ready solution. The contribution of each element of the solution to the total efficiency is detailed.
Keywords :
4G mobile communication; Long Term Evolution; antennas; ink; mobile handsets; printing; silver; 4G mobile phone implementation; Ag; LTE phone; fourth generation mobile phone implementation; frequency-reconfigurable architecture; high-volume production; manufacturing technology; screen-printed silver-ink antenna;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el.2014.3237
