scholarly journals Double slot aerosol jet printed antenna for X-band applications

2021 ◽  
Vol 2086 (1) ◽  
pp. 012047
Author(s):  
P V Arsenov ◽  
A S Sobolev ◽  
A A Efimov ◽  
V V Ivanov

Abstract A double slot antenna for X-band applications was designed and aerosol jet printing technology was used to fabricate the prototype with silver nano-ink on a flexible polyimide substrate. We investigated the microwave losses of printed antennas in the range from 100 kHz to 27 GHz, obtained at sintering temperatures of 200 °C and 250 °C. Double slot X-band antennas have been calculated and measured. It was found that an operating bandwidth of the printed antenna is 10% in the region of the central frequency of 10.5 GHz. Thus, the possibility of forming antennas on flexible polymer substrates with high functional characteristics by aerosol jet printing method has been demonstrated.

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 (1) ◽  
pp. 000052-000055
Author(s):  
Christopher Oakley ◽  
Premjeet Chahal ◽  
John Papapolymerou ◽  
John D. Albrecht

Abstract This paper presents a low-cost additive manufacturing method for rapid prototyping of millimeter and microwave circuits using aerosol jet printing of silver nanoparticle ink deposited on commercially available liquid crystal polymer (LCP) substrate material. Two passive circuit elements, a 50 Ω microstrip transmission line and a band-stop microstrip resonator, were designed, fabricated and measured. These passive elements form the basis of a printed X-band transistor-based oscillator circuit in which all metal layers have been printed, including metalized vias. Impacts of via metallization quality on oscillator performance are obtained by comparing measured data and designs. We conclude that printed metal quality (conductivity, roughness and uniformity) is an important fabrication issue for obtaining high-performance 3D printed circuits.


2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liang Zhang ◽  
Changqing Liu ◽  
Chun Ni ◽  
Meng Kong ◽  
Xianliang Wu

In this paper, a novel slot antenna array that is based on mirror polarization conversion metasurfaces (MPCM) is proposed. It achieves circular polarization (CP) and effectively reduces the radar cross section (RCS) and increases gain in the entire x-band. This design uses the mirrored composition of the polarization conversion metasurfaces (PCM) on the top surface of the substrate. The MPCM covers a 2 × 2 slot antenna array that is fed with by a sequentially rotating network. The CP radiation is realized by the polarization conversion characteristics of the PCM. At the same time, the reduction of RCS is achieved by 180° (±30°) reflection phase difference between two adjacent PCMs. The improvement in gain is achieved by using a Fabry–Perot cavity, which is constituted by the ground of the antenna and the PCM. Simulated and measured results show that approximately 46.4% of the operating bandwidth is in the range of 7.5–12 GHz (AR < 3 dB) and the gain of the antenna with MPCM is at least 5 dB higher than the reference antenna. Moreover, the monostatic RCS is reduced from 8 to 20 GHz.


2015 ◽  
Vol 748 ◽  
pp. 157-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Yu ◽  
Pei Jie Cai ◽  
Rui Liu ◽  
Fang Ping Shen ◽  
Ting Zhang

High-performance biosensors are the key elements for rapid and real-time detection of specific biomolecules. Herein, an ultrasensitive FET biosensor on a flexible polymer substrate was reported, and the aerosol jet printing (AJP) method offers a unique way for low-cost mass manufacturing of the flexible sensors. The stable PBA functionalized rGO layer and the goat-anti-rabbit IgG layer on the rGO were both printed by AJP method between the source/drain electrodes. The flexibe biosensors exposure to low concentrations of target rabbit IgG showed dramatic increase in the source-drain current, which exhibited great sensing performance with the lowest detection limit of 13 fM.


2021 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 101264
Author(s):  
Haining Zhang ◽  
Joon Phil Choi ◽  
Seung Ki Moon ◽  
Teck Hui Ngo

2021 ◽  
Vol 1797 (1) ◽  
pp. 012030
Author(s):  
S Ghosh ◽  
I Sarkar ◽  
S Chowdhury ◽  
S Dutta ◽  
P Dey ◽  
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Electronics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 1415
Author(s):  
Mian Muhammad Kamal ◽  
Shouyi Yang ◽  
Saad Hassan Kiani ◽  
Muhammad Rizwan Anjum ◽  
Mohammad Alibakhshikenari ◽  
...  

This article presents compact and novel shape ring-slotted antenna array operating at mmWave band on central frequency of 28 GHz. The proposed structure designed at 0.256 mm thin Roggers 5880 is composed of a ring shape patch with a square slot etched at the top mid-section of partial ground plane. Through optimizing the ring and square slot parameters, a high bandwidth of 8 GHz is achieved, ranging from 26 to 32 GHz, with a simulated gain of 3.95 dBi and total efficiency of 96% for a single element. The proposed structure is further transformed in a 4-element linear array manner. With compact dimensions of 20 mm × 22 mm for array, the proposed antenna delivers a high simulated gain of 10.7 dBi and is designed in such a way that it exhibits dual beam response over the entire band of interest and simulated results agree with fabricated prototype measurements.


Micromachines ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 220
Author(s):  
Mahmuda Akter Monne ◽  
Chandan Qumar Howlader ◽  
Bhagyashree Mishra ◽  
Maggie Yihong Chen

Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA) is a promising polymer due to its high solubility with water, availability in low molecular weight, having short polymer chain, and cost-effectiveness in processing. Printed technology is gaining popularity to utilize processible solution materials at low/room temperature. This work demonstrates the synthesis of PVA solution for 2.5% w/w, 4.5% w/w, 6.5% w/w, 8.5% w/w and 10.5% w/w aqueous solution was formulated. Then the properties of the ink, such as viscosity, contact angle, surface tension, and printability by inkjet and aerosol jet printing, were investigated. The wettability of the ink was investigated on flexible (Kapton) and non-flexible (Silicon) substrates. Both were identified as suitable substrates for all concentrations of PVA. Additionally, we have shown aerosol jet printing (AJP) and inkjet printing (IJP) can produce multi-layer PVA structures. Finally, we have demonstrated the use of PVA as sacrificial material for micro-electro-mechanical-system (MEMS) device fabrication. The dielectric constant of printed PVA is 168 at 100 kHz, which shows an excellent candidate material for printed or traditional transistor fabrication.


Author(s):  
P. Wiriyacosol ◽  
N. Anantrasirichai ◽  
C. Benjangkaprasert ◽  
J. Nakasuwan ◽  
T. Wakabayashi
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