A 2 GHz polypyrrole microstrip patch antenna on plexiglas ™ substrate

Verma, A.; Fumeaux, C.; Truong, V.; Bates, B.

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Type:	Conference paper
Title:	A 2 GHz polypyrrole microstrip patch antenna on plexiglas ™ substrate
Other Titles:	A 2 GHz polypyrrole microstrip patch antenna on plexiglas (TM) substrate
Author:	Verma, A. Fumeaux, C. Truong, V. Bates, B.
Citation:	Proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC 2009), 2009: pp.36-39.
Publisher:	IEEE
Publisher Place:	CD
Issue Date:	2009
ISBN:	9781424428021
Conference Name:	Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (2009 : Singapore)
Statement of Responsibility:	Akhilesh Verma, Christophe Fumeaux, Van-Tan Truong and Bevan D. Bates
Abstract:	A 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.
Keywords:	Conducting Polymer Microstrip Patch Antenna
Rights:	©2009 Crown
DOI:	10.1109/APMC.2009.5385500
Published version:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/apmc.2009.5385500
Appears in Collections:	Aurora harvest 5 Electrical and Electronic Engineering publications

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