Verma, A.Fumeaux, C.Truong, V.Bates, B.2010-05-192010-05-192009Proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC 2009), 2009: pp.36-39.978-1-4244-2801-4http://hdl.handle.net/2440/58320A Microstrip Patch Antenna (MPA) has been fabricated using a Conducting Polymer (CP), Polypyrrole (PPy) as radiating patch on a transparent 3mm thick Plexiglas™ substrate. The bulk DC conductivity of the PPy patch is 2000 S/m and its thickness 120 mu pm. The MPA was designed for operating at 2 GHz. A similar antenna with Copper (Cu) patch on Plexiglas™ was also fabricated for validating the simulation of PPy antenna and comparing its performance. The results show that the PPy antenna reaches a gain of 5.01 dB at 2.18 GHz as against 6.26 dB at 2.2 GHz for a corresponding Cu patch antenna. The conduction efficiency of Cu-patch antenna is around 80% while that of PPy-patch antenna is around 60%. The results suggest that it might be possible to use CPs in other passive microwave circuit applications.en©2009 CrownConducting PolymerMicrostrip Patch AntennaConference paper002009670910.1109/APMC.2009.53855000002799243000102-s2.0-7795064992734878Fumeaux, C. [0000-0001-6831-7213]