Tuning Graphene Surface Resistance for a 52 GHz Nano-Antenna

Abstract:

The commercial potential of the 60 GHz band, in combination with the scaling growth of graphene nanotechnology, has resulted in a lot of digital graphene circuits for millimeter-wave application. This work presents a 0.345 nm monolayer graphene film on substrates SiO₂/Teflon/Copper as a new nanoantenna. The nanoantenna achieves 2.003 of maximum gain (Abs) with particularly the graphene sheet resistance and reactance as the key variables. The presented nanoantenna targets 52 GHz communication where beamforming is required.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 754-755)
• Pages: 1151-1155
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.754-755.1151
• Online since: April 2015
• Authors: A.A.M. Ezanuddin, A.H. Ismail
• Keywords: GHz, Graphene, Microwave Farfield, Milimeter-Wave (mm-Wave), Nanoantenna

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