2006 · 16 citations · 7 references
EngineeringElectrical EngineeringMaterials ScienceAntennasMicrowave EngineeringWireless CommunicationsAntenna BandwidthAntenna DesignBroadband AntennasMicrowave AntennasPlanar AntennasSmall AntennasBandwidthCode Division Multiple AccessIndium Tin Oxide Thin FilmsMicrowave SubstratesMonopole AntennasPolyethylene TerephthalatePrinted AntennasReturn Loss
The transparent monopole antenna is proposed for wireless local area network (WLAN) in 5.2 GHz and wide-band code-division multiple-access (WCDMA) applications. In general, most of antennas in use now are fabricated on FR-4 PCB board or other microwave substrates. But in this design, the proposed antenna is fabricated on a thin polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic coated by indium tin oxide (ITO), and has following characteristics: flexible, transparent, small, light volume, and wide bandwidth of 0.42GHz at 1.97 GHz, 1.19 GHz at 5.58GHz. (return loss les - 10dB)
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