Microwave antenna and process for producing the same
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorsTakashi Morikawa, Hiroyuki Watanabe
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Abstract
The microwave antenna includes a substrate, an antenna element supported on a surface of the substrate, and a power feeding electrode connected to the antenna element. The antenna element includes a carbon nanotube structure constituting a network structure having plural carbon nanotubes electrically connected to each other. The process for producing the microwave antenna includes applying plural carbon nanotubes each having a functional group to a surface of the substrate and crosslinking the functional groups with a chemical bond to form a crosslinked part, so as to form the carbon nanotube structure.
Claims52
A microwave antenna comprising:
- a substrate;
- an antenna element which is supported on a surface of the substrate and includes a carbon nanotube structure constituting a network structure having a plurality of carbon nanotubes electrically connected to each other;
- and
- a power feeding electrode connected to the antenna element.
The microwave antenna according to 1, wherein the carbon nanotube structure comprises a plurality of carbon nanotubes and a crosslinked part including a chemical bond of a plurality of functional groups, the chemical bond at least connecting one end of one of the carbon nanotubes to another one of the carbon nanotubes.
A process for producing a microwave antenna including a substrate;
- an antenna element which is supported on a surface of the substrate and includes a carbon nanotube structure constituting a network structure having a plurality of carbon nanotubes electrically connected to each other;
- and a power feeding electrode connected to the antenna element, the process comprising:
- applying a plurality of carbon nanotubes each having a functional group to a surface of the substrate;
- and
- crosslinking the functional groups with a chemical bond to form a crosslinked part, so as to form the carbon nanotube structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.