Flexible antennas: A review

SG Kirtania, AW Elger, MR Hasan, A Wisniewska… - Micromachines, 2020 - mdpi.com
The field of flexible antennas is witnessing an exponential growth due to the demand for
wearable devices, Internet of Things (IoT) framework, point of care devices, personalized …

Recent advances in fabrication methods for flexible antennas in wearable devices: State of the art

B Mohamadzade, RM Hashmi, RBVB Simorangkir… - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
Antennas are a vital component of the wireless body sensor networks devices. A wearable
antenna in this system can be used as a communication component or energy harvester …

Digital beamforming-based massive MIMO transceiver for 5G millimeter-wave communications

B Yang, Z Yu, J Lan, R Zhang, J Zhou… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A 64-channel massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) transceiver with a fully digital
beamforming (DBF) architecture for fifth-generation millimeter-wave communications is …

A wideband millimeter-wave circularly polarized antenna with 3-D printed polarizer

KX Wang, H Wong - IEEE Transactions on Antennas and …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a wideband circularly polarized millimeter-wave (mmw) antenna
design. We introduce a novel 3-D-printed polarizer, which consists of several air and …

Gigahertz electromagnetic structures via direct ink writing for radio‐frequency oscillator and transmitter applications

N Zhou, C Liu, JA Lewis, D Ham - Advanced Materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Radio‐frequency (RF) electronics, which combine passive electromagnetic devices and
active transistors to generate and process gigahertz (GHz) signals, provide a critical basis of …

Exploitation of dual-polarization diversity for 5G millimeter-wave MIMO beamforming systems

O Jo, JJ Kim, J Yoon, D Choi… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
For the first time, to the best of our knowledge, this paper reports a complete millimeter wave
(mmWave) wireless system, which coherently utilizes polarization diversity, multi-input …

Flexible inkjet-printed graphene antenna on Kapton

II Labiano, A Alomainy - Flexible and Printed Electronics, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Flexible printed antennas have attracted a great deal of attention due to their significant
potential for different technologies. Using novel materials such as graphene and inkjet …

A compact evolved antenna for 5G communications

I Marasco, G Niro, VM Mastronardi, F Rizzi… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Flexible and bendable electronics are gaining a lot of interest in these last years. In this
scenario, compact antennas on flexible substrates represent a strategical technological step …

Flexible-screen-printed antenna with enhanced bandwidth by employing defected ground structure

HF Abutarboush, W Li, A Shamim - IEEE Antennas and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A flexible, wideband, and screen-printed antenna is proposed. The antenna is coplanar-
waveguide and composed of two inverted L-shaped elements, a matching stub, and a …

Layout-to-bitmap conversion and design rules for inkjet-printed large-scale integrated circuits

J Kwon, S Baek, Y Lee, S Tokito, S Jung - Langmuir, 2021 - ACS Publications
Digital inkjet printing (IJP) can greatly reduce the manufacturing cost and waste of flexible
large-area electronics by adding micro-fine patterns onto plastic foils. Advanced system …