Design and Characterization of a Flexible Wideband Antenna Using Polydimethylsiloxane Composite Substrate

被引：27

作者：

Abbas, S. M. ^{[1
]}

Desai, S. C. ^{[2
]}

Esselle, K. P. ^{[1
]}

Volakis, J. L. ^{[3
]}

Hashmi, R. M. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Macquarie Univ, Sch Engn, Fac Sci & Engn, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia

[2] Ohio State Univ, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Columbus, OH 43210 USA

[3] Florida Int Univ, Elect & Comp Engn Dept, Miami, FL 33199 USA

来源：

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION | 2018年 / 2018卷

关键词：

TEXTILE ANTENNAS;

D O I：

10.1155/2018/4095765

中图分类号：

TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];

学科分类号：

0808 ; 0809 ;

摘要：

The design and characterization of a simple, flexible wideband antenna using polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) composite are presented. Conductive fibers are used to construct the metallic parts on a PDMS composite. To characterize the performance, two identical antennas are designed, one using the PDMS composite while the other on conventional dielectric materials. It was observed that both antennas behave well in terms of the matched bandwidth; however, the radiation towards the broadside direction is reduced when using the PDMS composite as substrate, particularly at higher frequencies. The antenna exhibits a matched bandwidth of 59.9%, ranging from 3.43 to 11.1 GHz. Moreover, the bending analysis carried out for different scenarios show that the wideband behavior of the antenna is well preserved and the variation reaches a maximum of 1% variation.

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