6 GHz microstrip patch antennas with PEDOT and polypyrrole conducting polymers
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2010
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Verma, A.
Weng, B.
Shepherd, R.
Fumeaux, C.
Truong, V.
Wallace, G.
Bates, B.
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Proceedings of the 2010 International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, 2010: pp.329-332
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Akhilesh Verma, Bo Weng, Roderick Shepherd, Christophe Fumeaux, Van-Tan Truong, Gordon G. Wallace and Bevan D. Bates
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International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (2010 : Sydney, NSW)
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Two 6 GHz microstrip patch antennas made from conducting polymers with relatively low DC conductivity such as PEDOT (10000 S/m) and PPy (2000 S/m) are presented. The performance of these patch antennas is compared with a similar copper patch antenna. The results indicate that it is possible to obtain reasonable performance albeit with modest radiation efficiencies. The PEDOT antenna achieved a maximum gain of 2.2 dB, while the PPy antenna reached a gain of 3.8 dB, as against 6.0 dB for a corresponding Cu patch antenna The results confirm the potential of polymer materials for microwave antennas and suggest that CPs may be of use in other passive microwave circuit applications.
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