A printed paper-based inverted F-antenna (PIFA) for WLAN applications

Ahmad A. Gheethan; Dimitrios E. Anagnostou; Anthony Amert; Keith W. Whites

doi:10.1109/FEDC.2009.5069278

A printed paper-based inverted F-antenna (PIFA) for WLAN applications

Ahmad A. Gheethan, Dimitrios E. Anagnostou, Anthony Amert, Keith W. Whites

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Abstract

This work shows the practicality of a paper substrate in wireless local area network (WLAN) applications for the first time. This substrate was used in designing, fabricating and testing a printed inverted F-antenna (PIFA) operating at 2.45GHz. Although paper substrates exhibit relatively high dielectric losses (tanδ ∼ 0.07 at 2.45GHz), the maximum achievable gain of the fabricated antenna is +1.2 dBi and the total efficiency is ∼ 82% at the resonant frequency. Furthermore, the simulation results of the return loss, as well as the radiation pattern of the antenna agree with the corresponding measured results.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2009 Flexible Electronics & Displays Conference and Exhibition
Publisher	IEEE
ISBN (Electronic)	9781424443383
ISBN (Print)	9781424443390
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/FEDC.2009.5069278
Publication status	Published - 5 Jun 2009
Event	Flexible Electronics and Displays Conference and Exhibition 2009 - Duration: 2 Feb 2009 → 2 Feb 2009

Conference

Conference	Flexible Electronics and Displays Conference and Exhibition 2009
Abbreviated title	FLEX 2009
Period	2/02/09 → 2/02/09

Keywords

Antenna
Direct-write
Paper
PIFA
WLAN

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Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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