Characterization of anisotropic substrates from RF, mm-Wave to THz: Design of 3D conformal antenna for connected objects

Anisotropic Liquid Crystal Polymer (LCP) substrates are used to design 3D conformal antenna elements and filtering structures in Laser Direct Structuring technology (LDS) for applications including 5G connected objects and massive Internet of Things (IoT): e.g., wearable (smart watches/rings), mobile (smartphones/tablets), home (appliances/lighting) devices. Based on the experimentally extracted optical absorption and refraction properties, identification of chemical and/or morphologic composition of the characterized samples (solid and liquid materials) are targeted. Perspectives for macro-modeling of composite materials and nano-Particles using homogeneization techniques are drawn.