Transparent and flexible Y-shaped antenna for 5G wireless applications

This paper demonstrates the design of transparent and flexible coplanar waveguide fed (CPW) antennas operating from 23 GHz to 29.5 GHz, covering the necessary frequency bands for 5G wireless communications. A Y-shaped antenna is modelled using AgHT transparent conductive material over Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) substrate to achieve conformity. Then the Y shaped structure has been transformed to T shape, by changing the angle between the arms of the antenna. The consequent change in frequency, gain and radiation pattern has been demonstrated. The simulated results of the proposed antenna show that this antenna is well suited for future 5G applications because of its transparency, flexibility, light-weight and wide achievable frequency bandwidth near mmWave frequency band.