3D printing, inkjet printing and embroidery techniques for wearable antennas

Whittow, William

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3D printing, inkjet printing and embroidery techniques for wearable antennas

conference contribution

posted on 2017-01-19, 10:55 authored by William WhittowWilliam Whittow

This paper will review techniques of manufacturing wearable antennas. 3D printing can be used to create flexible substrates. 3D shapes can be created which can be used to reduce the antenna size. Embroidery will also be discussed. The technique naturally lends itself to linear antennas.

History

School

Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering

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016 10th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2016 2016 10th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2016

Citation

WHITTOW, W.G., 2016. 3D printing, inkjet printing and embroidery techniques for wearable antennas. 2016 10th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, (EuCAP 2016), Davos, Switzerland, 10th-15th April 2016.

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AM (Accepted Manuscript)

Acceptance date

2016-01-23

Publication date

2016

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