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Parylene coated waterproof washable inkjet-printed dual-band antenna on paper substrate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 May 2018

Sangkil Kim Open the ORCID record for Sangkil Kim [Opens in a new window]  and
Manos M. Tentzeris
Sangkil Kim*
Affiliation:
Department of Electronics Engineering, Pusan National University, 2 Busandaehak-ro 63beon-gil, Jangjeon 2-dong, Geumjeong-gu, Busan 46241, South Korea
Manos M. Tentzeris
Affiliation:
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 777 Atlantic Drive NW Atlanta, GA 30332-0250, USA
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Author for correspondence: Sangkil Kim, E-mail: ksangkil3@pusan.ac.kr
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Abstract

In this paper, the first reported waterproof inkjet-printed dual-band monopole antenna on the flexible organic paper substrate is presented. The antenna, which operates at 900 MHz and 2.4 GHz, is inkjet-printed on commercially available photopaper using conductive silver nano-particle ink. To protect it from ambient humidity, a 1 µm thick Parylene-C layer was deposited on top of the antenna. To verify its waterproof capability, the Parylene-C coated antennas were submerged in distilled water for 48 days, and no significant performance degradation was observed in its performance.

Keywords

Antenna designmodelling and measurementspassive components and circuits
Type
Research Papers
Information
International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies , Volume 10 , Special Issue 7: Electronic Warfare , September 2018 , pp. 814 - 818
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press and the European Microwave Association 2018 

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