Abstract— The radiation characteristics of two kinds of antennas made of transparent conductive films are investigated: a planar inverted-F antenna (PIFA) and a monopole antenna. These antennas are designed to work at 2.4 GHz and their performances are compared with each other for several films with different sheet resistivities. Wire-grid models based on the moment method are applied for the n...

We devise new optical antennas that reduce the excited-state radiative lifetimes of emitters to the order of 100 fs while maintaining quantum efficiencies of about 80% at a broadband operation. Here, we combine metallic nanoparticles with planar dielectric structures and exploit design strategies from plasmonic nanoantennas and concepts from cavity quantum electrodynamics to maximize the local ...

In patch antennas, characteristics such as high gain, beam scanning, or steering capability are possible only when discrete patch elements are combined to form arrays. The elements of an array may be spatially distributed to form a linear, planar, or volume array. Planar arrays have elements distributed on a plane. Planar array configurations are extensively used in both communication and radar...

In the navigational applications, radar and satellite requires a device that is a radar altimeter. The working frequency of this system is 4.2 to 4.3GHz and also requires less weight, low profile, and high gain antennas. The above mentioned application is possible with microstrip antenna as also known as planar antenna. In this paper, the microstrip antennas are designed at 4.3GHz (C-band) in r...

This paper presents background information and experiment procedures for an antenna measurement laboratory course to be held in a new anechoic chamber at California Polytechnic State University. The lab consists of five experiments and one design project intended to give students practical experience with antenna measurement techniques and to creatively apply analytical skills to design, constr...

Foldedand multiple-slot antennas have been used for quasi-optical arrays. However, there is lack of information of these antennas, especially on finite substrates. In this paper, CPW-fed foldedand multiple-slot antennas are analyzed using FDTD technique with improved absorbing boundary condition (PML method). The effects on the effective dielectric constant and input impedance due to substrate ...

We consider here antemas that could be usefid as part of a fize radar for penetrating munitions. The concept requires radiating an ultra-short pulse using an antenna with maximum gain and a compact design. Both lens and reflector Impulse Radiating Antennas (IRAs) are recommended as suitable candidates for this purpose. We summarize the properties of these antennas, and we describe two measureme...

This paper presents electromagnetic energy absorption in the homogeneous and layered human body models due to body-worn UWB antennas, at frequencies of 3, 6 and 8 GHz. Typical small planar UWB antennas are used in this study: printed UWB disc monopole and UWB slot antenna. Distances of 2, 5 and 10 mm (reactive near-field region) between antennas and human body were chosen, approximating realist...