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ArticlePolymers2022

Influence of Various Technologies on the Quality of Ultra-Wideband Antenna on a Polymeric Substrate.

Peter Lukacs, Alena Pietrikova, Igor Vehec, Peter Provazek

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Article in Polymers, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Peter LukacsDepartment of Technologies in Electronics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Technical University of Kosice, Park Komenskeho 2, 040 01 Kosice, Slovakia.ORCID 0000-0003-2238-2508
Alena PietrikovaDepartment of Technologies in Electronics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Technical University of Kosice, Park Komenskeho 2, 040 01 Kosice, Slovakia.ORCID 0000-0001-5268-9784
Igor VehecDepartment of Technologies in Electronics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Technical University of Kosice, Park Komenskeho 2, 040 01 Kosice, Slovakia.ORCID 0000-0003-0181-2476
Peter ProvazekDepartment of Technologies in Electronics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Technical University of Kosice, Park Komenskeho 2, 040 01 Kosice, Slovakia.ORCID 0000-0002-1998-9475
Technical University of Košice · SK

Funding

Európsky fond regionálneho rozvoja OPVaI-VA/DP/2018/1.1.3-06Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Technical University of Kosice FEI-2022-87KEGA 017TUKE-4/2020
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The design, simulation, realization, and measurement of an ultra-wideband (UWB) antenna on a polymeric substrate have been realized. The UWB antenna was prepared using conventional technology, such as copper etching; inkjet printing, which is regarded as a modern and progressive nano-technology; and polymer thick-film technology in the context of screen-printing technology. The thick-film technology-based UWB antenna has a bandwidth of 3.8 GHz, with a central frequency of 9 GHz, and a frequency range of 6.6 to 10.4 GHz. In addition to a comparison of the technologies described, the results show that the mesh of the screens has a significant impact on the quality of the UWB antenna when utilizing polymeric screen-printing pastes. Last but not least, the eco-friendly combination of polyimide substrate and graphene-based screen-printing paste is thoroughly detailed. From 5 to 9.42 GHz, the graphene-based UWB antenna achieved a bandwidth of 4.42 GHz. The designed and realized UWB antenna well exceeds the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) standards for UWB antenna definition. The modification of the energy surface of the polyimide substrate by plasma treatment is also explained in this paper, in addition to the many types of screen-printing pastes and technologies. According to the findings, plasma treatment improved the bandwidth of UWB antennas to 5.45 GHz, and the combination of plasma treatment with graphene provides a suitable replacement for traditional etching technologies. The characteristics of graphene-based pastes can also be altered by plasma treatment in terms of their usability on flexible substrates.

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inkjet-printingpolyimide filmpolymer thick-film technologyscreen-printingUWB antenna

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PMID35160496
PMCPMC8840589
OpenAlexW4210380989

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