NSF Award
1416355
The broader impact/commercial potential of this project is that it offers low cost, and compact<br/>tablet/mobile devices with better wireless connectivity and increased battery life. Lower cost of these<br/>devices will enable their widespread use in the society and enable use of broadband services with higher<br/>efficiency and better connectivity. The transparent antenna technology offers a platform on which<br/>several other applications can be built. For instance, compact health monitoring sensors can be<br/>integrated with wireless capability by integrating antennas on their displays. This technology also will<br/>also improve wireless capability of wearables as they have very limited real estate for antennas.<br/><br/>This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project aims to develop transparent antenna<br/>technology for wireless consumer devices. This SBIR project will advance our understanding of<br/>interactions between touch sensor and transparent antennas and enable development of multifunctional<br/>touch sensors that not only operates as a touch sensor but also a transparent antenna as<br/>well. A very comprehensive research approach will be undertaken in Phase I. Namely, in addition to<br/>evaluating performance of the antenna technology in the presence of touch sensor, performance of<br/>touch sensor in the presence of transparent antennas will also be characterized to ensure that the<br/>proposed multi?]functional touch sensors meet the requirements of wireless consumer devices such as<br/>tablets and mobile phones.
