@inbook{9f2095e664754ce5ab9726bd6ff6a189,
title = "Bending impact on a flexible ultra-wideband conductive polymer antenna",
abstract = "This paper presents a numerical and experimental study of the impact of bending on the characteristics of a flexible ultra-wide band (UWB) conductive polymer antenna. The antenna under investigation is highly flexible and designed for high radiation efficiency. It consists of a planar structure made entirely of non-metallic materials including a thin PEDOT polymer sheet as conducting materials and sticky tape as substrate. Importantly for a flexible antenna, possible performance degradations in various bending conditions need to be investigated, including variations in matching and radiation characteristics. The results indicate that the antenna still performs well in terms of impedance matching even with considerable bending angles whereas degradation due to bending has to be taken into account for polarization.",
keywords = "Antenna measurements, Antenna radiation patterns, Degradation, Dipole antennas, Polymers, Ultra wideband antennas",
author = "Chen, {Shengjian Jammy} and Benjamin Chivers and Roderick Shepherd and Christophe Fumeaux",
year = "2015",
doi = "10.1109/ICEAA.2015.7297148",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, ICEAA 2015",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers",
pages = "422--425",
booktitle = "2015 International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA)",
address = "United States",
note = "17th International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, ICEAA 2015 ; Conference date: 07-09-2015 Through 11-09-2015",
}