TY - GEN
T1 - Unidirectional Quadrupole Antenna on an Ultra-thin Flexible Substrate for 5G IoT Applications
AU - Rodriguez-Cano, Rocio
AU - Ziolkowski, Richard W.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the InnovationsFonden project of Reconfigurable Arrays for Next Generation Efficiency (RANGE) and the Global Big Data Technologies Centre, University of Technology Sydney.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 IEEE.
PY - 2021/8/9
Y1 - 2021/8/9
N2 - In this work, the effects of bending our developed unidirectional quadrupole-based broadside-radiating antenna are studied. The compact, ultra-thin planar structure is bent both along its longitudinal and transversal directions. Bending the structure along the short edge (transversal direction), provides very similar performance to the flat structure. On the other hand, when the structure is bent along the long edge, the resonance frequency of the antenna experiences a slight down shift and its front-to-back ratio (FTBR) decreases a little. Nevertheless, it is demonstrated that the performance is still very acceptable and the quadrupolar system works very well in its planar and both bent states.
AB - In this work, the effects of bending our developed unidirectional quadrupole-based broadside-radiating antenna are studied. The compact, ultra-thin planar structure is bent both along its longitudinal and transversal directions. Bending the structure along the short edge (transversal direction), provides very similar performance to the flat structure. On the other hand, when the structure is bent along the long edge, the resonance frequency of the antenna experiences a slight down shift and its front-to-back ratio (FTBR) decreases a little. Nevertheless, it is demonstrated that the performance is still very acceptable and the quadrupolar system works very well in its planar and both bent states.
KW - Internet-of-Things (IoT)
KW - broadside radiation
KW - flexible
KW - planar antennas
KW - unidirectional pattern
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U2 - 10.1109/APWC52648.2021.9539553
DO - 10.1109/APWC52648.2021.9539553
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85116255089
T3 - 2021 IEEE-APS Topical Conference on Antennas and Propagation in Wireless Communications, APWC 2021
SP - 72
BT - 2021 IEEE-APS Topical Conference on Antennas and Propagation in Wireless Communications, APWC 2021
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 10th IEEE-APS Topical Conference on Antennas and Propagation in Wireless Communications, APWC 2021
Y2 - 9 August 2021 through 13 August 2021
ER -