• 文献标题:   Graphene radio frequency and microwave passive components for low cost wearable electronics
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   HUANG XJ, LENG T, CHANG KH, CHEN JC, NOVOSELOV KS, HU ZR
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, printed graphene, rf microwave passive component, transmission line, coplanar waveguide, resonators antenna
  • 出版物名称:   2D MATERIALS
  • ISSN:   2053-1583
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Manchester
  • 被引频次:   19
  • DOI:   10.1088/2053-1583/3/2/025021
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

Graphene RF and microwave passive components such as coplanar waveguide transmission lines, open/short-circuited resonators and wideband antenna on paper substrate were designed, screen printed and characterized in this work. The experimental results demonstrate that the screen printed graphene passive components can be used for RF signal transmitting, processing and radiating/receiving; revealing that graphene ink can be a low cost alternative to much more expensive metal nanoparticle inks, such as silver nanoparticle ink. The screen printed graphene is processed at low temperature so that it is compatible with heat-sensitive flexible materials like papers, PTFE (Polytetrafluoroethylene) and textiles. The screen printed graphene passive components reported here are of high conductivity, high flexibility, light weight and low cost, making them ideal candidate for low cost wearable electronics. This work makes it prospective to manufacture RF and microwave passive components in mass production by screen printing in much lower cost to any other known techniques.