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Outstanding Radiation Performance of an All-carbon Nanotube Patch

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2011

David W. Stollberg ,
Fabio Urbani  and
Amit Verma
David W. Stollberg
Affiliation:
Georgia Tech Research Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, U.S.A.
Fabio Urbani
Affiliation:
Department of Engineering, The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, TX 78520, USA
Amit Verma
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, TX 78363, USA
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Abstract

We report the fabrication and characterization of a microstrip patch antenna composed entirely out of multi-walled carbon nanotubes on a silicon substrate. The antenna showed excellent response in the X-band, for which it was designed. In addition, an observed left-shift resonance effect points towards significant potential for miniaturization. The antenna also showed very promising reliability under different operating conditions. Such antennas may therefore have significant promise for system-on-chip, space application, and other specialized applications.

Keywords

chemical vapor deposition (CVD) (deposition)radiation effectsnanoscale

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