Abstract
In this paper, the design, fabrication and characterisation of metasurfaces with the anisotropic response for millimetre waves (MMW) has been presented for seamless, secure and low-loss high-frequency communication. Two frequency bands, 29 GHz and 60 GHz, have been selected for the development of efficient, cost-effective and broadband metasurfaces constituting an octa-armed star-shaped structure and a symmetric dual orthogonally I-shaped structure, respectively. Low-cost and high-performance nanoscale printing inks and pastes have been deployed in the screen-printing technique to perform the fabrication of designed metasurfaces on flexible films. Electromagnetic (EM) characteristics of the proposed metasurfaces are evaluated using state-of-the-art testing facilities to demonstrate their potential performance attributes in wave-propagation at MMW for high data rate communication links.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 045005 |
Journal | Flexible and Printed Electronics |
Volume | 3 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Dec 2018 |
Keywords
- 5G
- flexible
- metasurface
- millimetre-wave
- wireless