Title :
Compact parylene-c-coated flexible antenna for WLAN and upper-band UWB applications
Author :
Yijie Qiu ; Yei Hwan Jung ; Subin Lee ; Ting-Yen Shih ; Juhwan Lee ; Yue Hang Xu ; Ruimin Xu ; Weigan Lin ; Behdad, Nader ; Zhenqiang Ma
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electron. Eng., Univ. of Electron. Sci. & Technol. of China, Chengdu, China
Abstract :
A compact broadband flexible antenna is proposed for applications in wireless local area network (WLAN) and upper ultra-wideband (UWB) systems, which can operate in the bandwidths of 2.4-2.484 GHz and 3.5-10.6 GHz with a reflection coefficient of <;-10 dB. The presented antenna coated with bio-compatible ultra-thin parylene-c is fabricated on a thin polyimide substrate with a thickness of 127 μm. The characteristics of the proposed antenna are measured under bending and flat conditions. The measured results showed that the antenna is suitable for integration with flexible electronic devices.
Keywords :
broadband antennas; reflection; ultra wideband antennas; wireless LAN; WLAN; bandwidth 2.4 GHz to 2.484 GHz; bandwidth 3.5 GHz to 10.6 GHz; bio-compatible ultra-thin parylene-c; compact broadband flexible antenna; compact parylene-c-coated flexible antenna; flexible electronic devices; reflection coefficient; thin polyimide substrate; upper ultra-wideband system; upper-band UWB; wireless local area network;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el.2014.3647
