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Electrical Characterization of Transmission Lines on Nonwoven Textile Substrates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Carey R. Merritt ,
Burcak Karaguze ,
Tae-Ho Kang ,
John M. Wilson ,
Paul D. Franzon ,
H. Troy Nagle ,
Behnam Pourdeyhimi  and
Edward Grant
Carey R. Merritt
Affiliation:
College of Engineering
Burcak Karaguze
Affiliation:
College of Textiles North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695
Tae-Ho Kang
Affiliation:
College of Engineering
John M. Wilson
Affiliation:
College of Engineering
Paul D. Franzon
Affiliation:
College of Engineering
H. Troy Nagle
Affiliation:
College of Engineering
Behnam Pourdeyhimi
Affiliation:
College of Textiles North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695
Edward Grant
Affiliation:
College of Engineering
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Abstract

The focus of this paper is the electrical characterization of coplanar waveguide (CPW) transmission lines that are printed onto nonwoven textile substrates using conductive inks, to determine their suitability for wide-band applications, e.g. digital signaling. The conductive ink line characterization tests included the defining of DC and Time-Domain Reflectometry metrics. The transmission line test samples were screen printed onto two different types of nonwoven textile substrates using two different conductive inks, i.e. inks with different viscosities. Tests showed that the variations in the continuity of the transmission lines varied, giving rise to geometrical variations in the CPW structure; and in the characterization of the same.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 870: Symposium H – Giant-Area Electronics on Nonconventional Substrates , 2005 , H4.7
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2005

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