Fully inkjet printed wide band cantor fractal antenna for RF energy harvesting application

Azamat Bakytbekov, Armando Rodriguez Maza, Mahmoud Nafe, Atif Shamim

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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 languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2017 11th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EUCAP 2017
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages489-491
Number of pages3
ISBN (Electronic)9788890701870
DOIs
StatePublished - May 15 2017
Event11th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EUCAP 2017 - Paris, France
Duration: Mar 19 2017Mar 24 2017

Publication series

Name2017 11th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EUCAP 2017

Conference

Conference11th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EUCAP 2017
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityParis
Period03/19/1703/24/17

Keywords

  • Cantor fractal antenna
  • energy harvesting
  • inkjet printing
  • wide band

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Signal Processing
  • Instrumentation
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Safety Research

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