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Direct Transfer Patterning of Electrically Small Antennas onto Three-Dimensionally Contoured Substrates

  1. Carl Pfeiffer1,
  2. Xin Xu2,
  3. Stephen R. Forrest3,*,
  4. Anthony Grbic1,*

Article first published online: 31 JAN 2012

DOI: 10.1002/adma.201104290

Issue

Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials

Volume 24, Issue 9, pages 1166–1170, March 2, 2012

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How to Cite

Pfeiffer, C., Xu, X., Forrest, S. R. and Grbic, A. (2012), Direct Transfer Patterning of Electrically Small Antennas onto Three-Dimensionally Contoured Substrates. Adv. Mater., 24: 1166–1170. doi: 10.1002/adma.201104290

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-2122 USA

  2. 2

    Universal Display Corp, 375 Philips Boulevard, Ewing New Jersey, 08618, USA

  3. 3

    Departments of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Material Science and Engineering, and Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-2122 USA

*Departments of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Material Science and Engineering, and Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-2122 USA

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 24 FEB 2012
  2. Article first published online: 31 JAN 2012
  3. Manuscript Revised: 6 DEC 2011
  4. Manuscript Received: 9 NOV 2011

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Keywords:

  • conformal antennas;
  • direct transfer patterning;
  • electrically small antennas
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A direct transfer patterning process is presented that allows metallic patterns to be stamped onto a contoured substrate. This process was used to make some of the most efficient electrically small antennas to date, while maintaining bandwidths approaching the physical limit.

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