• 文献标题:   Multimode-Inspired Low Cross-Polarization Multiband Antenna Fabricated Using Graphene-Based Conductive Ink
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   KUMAR J, BASU B, TALUKDAR FA, NANDI A
  • 作者关键词:   crosspolarization, defected ground structure dgs, dualport antenna, graphene, higher order mode, multiband antenna
  • 出版物名称:   IEEE ANTENNAS WIRELESS PROPAGATION LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1536-1225 EI 1548-5757
  • 通讯作者地址:   Vellore Inst Technol
  • 被引频次:   3
  • DOI:   10.1109/LAWP.2018.2868477
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

In this letter, a dual-port antenna for multiband operation is reported. The prototype of the proposed design is fabricated using graphene-based conductive ink printed textile showing the surface resistance of 2.7 Omega/square, and conductivity of 0.37 x 10(5) S/m. The microstructural analysis of the conductive ink printed cotton fabric is done by field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) and electric characteristic is extracted using a four-probe measurement. The proposed antenna resonates at a triple-band and dual-band mode through two different feeding locations. Through Port-1, the antenna resonates only at higher order TM02 and TM20 modes, whereas through Port-2 three TM10, TM02, and TM20 modes are excited. Thereafter, the Co- and Cross-Polarization (CP-XP) isolation of each band is investigated identifying only two useful frequency bands TM10, 2.9 GHz, and TM20, 6 GHz. A defected ground structure (DGS) technique is deployed to improve the CP-XP isolation of TMm0 modes achieving CP-XP isolation better than 30 and 15 dB in both useful bands. The measured results have a fairly good agreement with simulated results.