Abstract
Energy harvesting from ambient RF signals is feasible, particularly from the GSM bands such as 900MHz, 1800MHz and the 3G band at 2.1GHz. This requires a wideband receive antenna which can cover all these bands with decent gain performance and an omnidirectional radiation pattern. In this work, a novel Cantor fractal antenna has been designed which fulfills the above mentioned performance requirements. Antenna has been realized through a combination of 3D inkjet printing of plastic substrate and 2D inkjet printing of metallic nanoparticles based ink. The stable impedance and radiation performance of the antenna over a bandwidth of 0.8GHz to 2.2GHz (93 %) shows the feasibility of its employment in wide band energy harvesting applications.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | 2017 11th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EUCAP 2017 |
| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
| Pages | 489-491 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9788890701870 |
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| State | Published - May 15 2017 |
| Event | 11th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EUCAP 2017 - Paris, France Duration: Mar 19 2017 → Mar 24 2017 |
Publication series
| Name | 2017 11th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EUCAP 2017 |
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Conference
| Conference | 11th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EUCAP 2017 |
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| Country/Territory | France |
| City | Paris |
| Period | 03/19/17 → 03/24/17 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2017 Euraap.
Keywords
- Cantor fractal antenna
- energy harvesting
- inkjet printing
- wide band
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Signal Processing
- Instrumentation
- Computer Networks and Communications
- Safety Research