A Flexible Antenna on Cost-Effective PEN Substrate for Sub-6 GHz 5G Wireless Transceivers

Tariq, Fareah; Amjad, Qudsia; Kamran, Areeba; Hassan, Azman; Karim, Rashid

doi:10.1109/fit47737.2019.00026

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“…Flexible electronic devices are widely used in the fields of information communication, biomedicine, and consumer electronics, etc. [2][3][4]. Because this technology can meet the needs of wearability, the flexible wearable technology derived from it has been widely studied.…”

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A Novel Compact Wearable Antenna Design for Ism Band

Yin¹,

Ye²,

Yu³

2021

PIER C

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A compact wearable antenna operating at 2.45 GHz with a novel Electromagnetic Band Gap (EBG) structure as a reflector is proposed. The broadband monopole is used as the main radiator of the antenna, and the gradient feeder structure and etched slot on the ground are used to adjust the matching effect of the antenna port. The current path is extended, and the structure is made more compact by slotting the surface of the EBG cell. Then, a 3 × 3 EBG reflector is constructed and loaded to the bottom of the antenna to improve the antenna gain performance and reduces the specific absorptivity (SAR). A three-layer human model (skin-fat-muscle) has been built in High Frequency Structure Simulator (HFSS) to analyse the influence of human tissue on the wearable antenna system. Combined with the practical application background, the radiation performance of the system under bending is also explored. The simulation results show that the application of EBG reflector can increase the antenna gain by about 4.77 dBi and the front-to-back ratio by 17 dB, reduce SAR by more than 95%, and the overall size of the system is only 60.3 × 60.3 × 3.5 mm 3 (0.49λ). The antenna system has the characteristics of simple structure, small size, high gain, and low SAR value, which is of certain reference value for the research on the wearable antenna.

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A Novel Compact Wearable Antenna Design for Ism Band

Yin¹,

Ye²,

Yu³

2021

PIER C

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“…The dimensions and configurations of MPA may vary based on the specific design specifications. The structure may take on a variety of shapes, such as rectangular, square, circular, ring, slotted, or any other preferred configuration [61]. Due to its superior configuration, the rectangular microstrip patch antenna has found widespread application [62].…”

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Silicone rubber‐nanoceramic composites for 5G antenna substrates

Altalebi,

Atiyah,

Farid

2023

The Journal of Engineering

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Here, the eligibility of silicone rubber‐nanoceramic composites as flexible substrates for sub‐6 GHz 5G antennas is investigated. Two different composites are prepared using the solution mixing method, namely mono and hybrid composites. The reflection and transmission coefficient (S‐parameters) of composites are measured using a rectangular waveguide‐based transmission line technique in conjunction with a Vector Network Analyzer (VNA) at C‐band frequencies (4–8 GHz). The Nicolson–Ross–Weir (NRW) algorithm is adopted to extract the complex permittivity and loss tangent of the material under test. Due to the synergetic effect, the silicone rubber hybrid composite (0.12BiVO4+0.12LaNbO4) exhibits the advantage of a lowered loss tangent while retaining a good dielectric constant at 5.78 GHz. A rectangular microstrip patch antenna is designed and simulated with CST software using 0.12BVO/0.12LNO/0.76SR composite as a substrate. Moreover, based on the simulation, the antenna with the proposed substrate has acceptable performance at 5.78 GHz with the return loss, directivity, and gain of −25.05 dB, 5.46 dBi and 2.74 dBi, respectively. As a result, the composite material's ability to act as a suitable substrate for a 5 GHz Wi‐Fi antenna is confirmed.

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“…The polymer-based substrate is used in the field of wearable electronics due to its stretchability, flexibility, and robustness [ 24 ]. Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and polyethylene naphthalate (PEN) are utilized in several flexible antennas due to their outstanding mechanical properties as well as their resistance to moisture absorption [ 29 , 36 ]. Liquid crystal polymer (LCP), which is a thin film substrate, is utilized in the development of a flexible antenna due to its very low loss tangent, low dielectric constant, and low thermal expansion characteristics.…”

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Flexible Antennas for a Sub-6 GHz 5G Band: A Comprehensive Review

John

Vincent

Pathan

et al. 2022

Sensors

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The ever-increasing demand and need for high-speed communication have generated intensive research in the field of fifth-generation (5G) technology. Sub-6 GHz 5G mid-band spectrum is the focus of the researchers due to its meritorious ease of deployment in the current scenario with the already existing infrastructure of the 4G-LTE system. The 5G technology finds applications in enormous fields that require high data rates, low latency, and stable radiation patterns. One of the major sectors that benefit from the outbreak of 5G is the field of flexible electronics. Devices that are compact need an antenna to be flexible, lightweight, conformal, and still have excellent performance characteristics. Flexible antennas used in wireless body area networks (WBANs) need to be highly conformal to be bent according to the different curvatures of the human body at different body parts. The specific absorption rate (SAR) must be at a permissible level for such an antenna to be suited for WBAN applications. This paper gives a comprehensive review of the current state of the art flexible antennas in a sub-6 GHz 5G band. Furthermore, this paper gives a key insight into the materials for a flexible antenna, the parameters considered for the design of a flexible antenna for 5G, the challenges for the design, and the implementation of a flexible antenna for 5G.

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A Flexible Antenna on Cost-Effective PEN Substrate for Sub-6 GHz 5G Wireless Transceivers

Cited by 10 publications

References 34 publications

A Novel Compact Wearable Antenna Design for Ism Band

A Novel Compact Wearable Antenna Design for Ism Band

Silicone rubber‐nanoceramic composites for 5G antenna substrates

Flexible Antennas for a Sub-6 GHz 5G Band: A Comprehensive Review

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