Inkjet printed ultra wideband spiral antenna using integrated balun on liquid crystal polymer (LCP)

Sangkil Kim; Manos M. Tentzeris; Guiping Jin; Symeon Nikolaou

doi:10.1109/APS.2012.6349039

Inkjet printed ultra wideband spiral antenna using integrated balun on liquid crystal polymer (LCP)

Sangkil Kim^*
, Manos M. Tentzeris
, Guiping Jin
, Symeon Nikolaou

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

In this paper, an ultra wideband spiral antenna with a planar, integrated balun is inkjet printed on liquid crystal polymer (LCP) substrate and operates successfully from 1 GHz up to 8 GHz. An exponentially tapered spiral microstrip balun is used for, the matching of the 130 Ω input impedance, the characteristic impedance (Z₀) of 50 Ω, at the feed point. The equiangular spiral antenna is planar and low profile since a bulky balun is not required. Both the microstrip balun and the spiral arms are inkjet printed on LCP. The fabricated antenna covers a wideband frequency range (18GHz) that corresponds to L, S, and C bands.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2012 IEEE International Symposiumon Antennas and Propagation, APSURSI 2012 - Proceedings
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/APS.2012.6349039
Publication status	Published - 2012
Publication type	A4 Article in conference proceedings
Event	Joint 2012 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, APSURSI 2012 - Chicago, IL, United States Duration: 8 Jul 2012 → 14 Jul 2012

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Conference	Joint 2012 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, APSURSI 2012
Country/Territory	United States
City	Chicago, IL
Period	8/07/12 → 14/07/12

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Kim, S, Tentzeris, MM, Jin, G & Nikolaou, S 2012, Inkjet printed ultra wideband spiral antenna using integrated balun on liquid crystal polymer (LCP). in 2012 IEEE International Symposiumon Antennas and Propagation, APSURSI 2012 - Proceedings., 6349039, Joint 2012 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, APSURSI 2012, Chicago, IL, United States, 8/07/12. https://doi.org/10.1109/APS.2012.6349039

Inkjet printed ultra wideband spiral antenna using integrated balun on liquid crystal polymer (LCP). / Kim, Sangkil; Tentzeris, Manos M.; Jin, Guiping et al.
2012 IEEE International Symposiumon Antennas and Propagation, APSURSI 2012 - Proceedings. 2012. 6349039.

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