Low-cost printed flexible antenna by using an office printer for conformal applications

• Main Authors: Paracha, K. N., Rahim, S. K. A., Chattha, H. T., Aljaafreh, S. S., Ur Rehman, S., Lo, Y. C.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hindawi Limited 2018
• Subjects: TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/79950/1/KashifNisarParacha2018_LowCostPrintedFlexibleAntenna.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/79950/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/3241581

A low-cost inkjet printing method for antenna fabrication on a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) substrate is presented in this paper. An office inkjet printer is used to have desired patterns of silver nanoparticle ink on the PET substrate without any postprocessing. Silver nanoparticle ink cures in...