Full-Composite Fractal Antenna Using Carbon Nanotubes for Multiband Wireless Applications

被引：40

作者：

Mehdipour, Aidin ^{[1
]}

Rosca, Iosif D. ^{[2
]}

Sebak, Abdel-Razik ^{[1
]}

Trueman, Christopher W. ^{[1
]}

Hoa, Suong V. ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Concordia Univ, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Montreal, PQ H3G 2W1, Canada

[2] Concordia Univ, Dept Mech & Ind Engn, Montreal, PQ H3G 2W1, Canada

来源：

IEEE ANTENNAS AND WIRELESS PROPAGATION LETTERS | 2010年 / 9卷

基金：

加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;

关键词：

Antenna; carbon nanotube (CNT) composites; fractal antennas; multiband antennas; radio frequency identification (RFID); wireless communication systems; RFID TAG;

D O I：

10.1109/LAWP.2010.2076342

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：

In this letter, single-wall carbon nanotube (CNT) composite materials are explored for the design of multiband antennas. An accurate electromagnetic (EM) model of the modified Sierpinski fractal composite antenna is developed using Microwave Studio for numerical analysis. For antenna fabrication, we printed CNT on both sides of a substrate and then cut out the desired antenna pattern using a high-precision milling machine. The CNT material was hardened by resin infiltration in order to be processed on the milling machine. The CNT antenna shows satisfactory gain and radiation patterns for UHF-RFID (900 MHz), Bluetooth (2.4 GHz), and WLAN (5.5 GHz) applications. Good agreement between computed and measured results is observed.

引用

页码：891 / 894

页数：4

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