Inkjet printed dual band antenna for paper UAVs

The art of paper folding also known as Origami plays an important role in various research areas of different scientific fields. Origami structures possess many useful characteristics such as reconfigurability, flexibility, deployability, compactness, and multi-functionality. These attributes are inevitable for modern communication systems. Additionally, they provide antenna engineers an extra degree of freedom while blueprinting next-generation designs. One of the desirable features of origami is its folding capability. Using this property, it can be transformed into a two-Dimensional (2D) sheet from a three-Dimensional (3D) structure and vice versa through external stimulus. In recent years, researchers have proposed numerous smart materials to optimize folding behavior. These smart materials extend the functionality of origami technology for designing self-folding structures required in space systems, small scale devices, and self-assembly systems. Origami structures feature many useful characteristics pertinent to modern day design challenges of communication systems such as reconfiguration, flexibility, compactness, and multifunctionality. In this work, a state of the art review is presented on conceptualization, design challenges, and fabrication of light-weight and low-cost deployable origami antennas. Furthermore, to provide critical insights deployment challenges and possible solutions are also provided. It is believed that this work will not only help peers to understand the basic working principles of different origami structures but will also lay the foundation for future research in the evolving field of origami-based antennas. Moreover, the design methodology proposed in this paper will also provide pragmatic solutions for origami antennas suitable for the harsh and rigid environments.

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“…In [50], an inkjet-printed dual-band antenna for UAV applications was proposed. The antenna is printed on a photo paper using an inkjet printer.…”

Section: E Inkjet Printed Based Origami Antennamentioning

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Lightweight and Low-Cost Deployable Origami Antennas—A Review

Shah

Bashir

Ashfaq³

et al. 2021

IEEE Access

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Origami Technology

Shah,

Bashir,

Koziel

2024

Origami Antennas for Wireless Communication Systems

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Evaluation of Planar Inkjet-Printed Antennas on a Low-Cost Origami Flapping Robot

et al. 2020

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An investigation on antenna solutions for expendable origami paper flapping robots is presented. An origami flapping robotic bird that can be produced using standard A4 paper is employed. Antennas resonating at the two commonly used frequency bands, 2.4 GHz and 5.2 GHz, are designed for the limited space available on the folded origami structure. Two developments of the same dual-band monopole antenna are discussed. The first antenna is located on the robot's spine and the second on its tail. A space diversity configuration is also studied. The antennas are printed directly onto a photo paper substrate and then folded into an origami robotic crane's body structure. An ordinary desktop inkjet printer fitted with silver nanoparticle conductive ink cartridges has been employed. CST Microwave Studio TM has been used to design the antennas. A good agreement between the measured and simulated S11 results is achieved with a reasonable −10 impedance bandwidth realized in the three cases studied. The radiation patterns are omnidirectional in the XZ plane which is desirable for the specific application. The diversity configuration has a mutual coupling of < −23 and a gain of 1.4 dB and 2.8 dB at 2.4 GHz and 5.2 GHz respectively. The aim is to provide a new vision for antennas embedded into expandable flying robots based on traditional origami structures.

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Inkjet printed dual band antenna for paper UAVs

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Lightweight and Low-Cost Deployable Origami Antennas—A Review

Lightweight and Low-Cost Deployable Origami Antennas—A Review

Origami Technology

Evaluation of Planar Inkjet-Printed Antennas on a Low-Cost Origami Flapping Robot

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