Conformal Printing of Electrically Small Antennas on Three-Dimensional Surfaces

被引:506
作者
Adams, Jacob J. [1 ]
Duoss, Eric B. [2 ]
Malkowski, Thomas F. [2 ]
Motala, Michael J. [3 ]
Ahn, Bok Yeop [2 ]
Nuzzo, Ralph G. [3 ]
Bernhard, Jennifer T. [1 ]
Lewis, Jennifer A. [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Illinois, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
[2] Univ Illinois, Dept Mat Sci & Engn, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
[3] Univ Illinois, Dept Chem, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
关键词
RADIATION Q; LIMITS;
D O I
10.1002/adma.201003734
中图分类号
O6 [化学];
学科分类号
0703 ;
摘要
Conformal printing of electrically small antennas onto the convex and concave surfaces of hemispherical glass substrates is demonstrated. Their bandwidth approaches the fundamental limit for their size, offering nearly an order of magnitude improvement over rudimentary monopole designs.
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页码:1335 / 1340
页数:6
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