Abstract
This letter presents transparent microstrip patch antennas made of two types of transparent conductive films, which are multilayer film (MLF; IZTO/Ag/IZTO) and metal-mesh film (MMF; Cu). The sheet resistance levels of the MLF and MMF are 2.52 and 0.18 Ω/□. The transparencies of the MLF and MMF are over 80% and 60% at a 550-nm wavelength, respectively. The design and dimensions of the antennas follow the conventional simple microstrip patch antenna. A transparent acryl substrate is used for the proposed transparent antennas. The conductive parts of the proposed antennas are also made of copper sheets (CS; case 1) for the performance comparison to two types of transparent antennas made of MLF (case 2) and MMF (case 3). The resonance frequency band of the antennas is 2.4–2.5 GHz for Wi-Fi service. The case-1, case-2, and case-3 antennas have peak gains of 4.75, −4.23, and 2.63 dB and have radiation efficiencies of 66.32%, 7.76%, and 42.69% at the center frequency of the Wi-Fi service band (2.45 GHz), respectively.
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