Author(s)

Abdoulaye Sissoko, Cheick Oumar Sanogo, Badié Diourté

Université des Sciences des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako, Bamako, Mali.

In this review, we highlight the essential parameters of some transparent materials for use in the design of transparent antennas. ITO films with a sheet resistance of R_s = 10 Ω/sq and a T = 90% transmittance, we turn to materials that can be serious alternatives for ITO, such as graphene T = 97% for R_s = 60 Ω/sq and the micro-mesh metal. Wire mesh seems to be the best alternative T = 93% for R_s < 0.05 Ω/sq but there is another technique to improve the visual perception of the antenna which provides a lower resistance and a good R_s = 0.022 Ω/sq at T = 81%, this is the micrometric pitch mesh.

Transmittance, Resistance by Square, Grid, Micrometric Mesh

Sissoko, A. , Sanogo, C. and Diourté, B. (2023) A Review on Conductive and Transparent Materials Used in the Design of Transparent Antennas. Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation, 11, 11-25. doi: 10.4236/ojapr.2023.112002.