A 60 GHz single-walled carbon nanotube composite material for dipole antenna applications

Abstract

This paper aim to present a good candidate material structure, in order to design dipole antenna at 60 GHz frequency. The single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) is the basic material of this structure material. For the purpose of achieving this aim, the effective electromagnetic (EM) modeling approach for the single-walled carbon nanotube composite material (SWCNT-composite) is presented. The equivalent Bulk material (EBM) modeling approach is implemented for this purpose. Where, the SWCNT-composite material is consist of SWCNT coated by thin layer of graphite material. As well as, the required mathematical analysis is performed based on analysis of the electromagnetic properties of this material. The simulation model are performed using an available 3D electromagnetic simulation software package CST (MWS). The results of this paper shows the performance of the SWCNT-graphite dipole antenna at 60 GHz.