Analysis and design of planar flexible antenna prototype

Abstract

This article presents the design and analysis for a flexible antenna prototype. The polyimide-based flexible antenna was designed for the 5 GHz 802.11 standard. Worst-case scenario analysis with technological variables such as substrate thickness, loss tangent, relative dielectric constant, metal layer thickness, and configuration was used to prepare an adaptive process-independent technique for control and correction of the models used for parameter calculations.