A high Q piezoelectric resonator as a portable VLF transmitter

Designing high radiation efficiency antennas for portable transmitters in low frequency communication systems remains a challenge. Here, the authors report on using piezoelectricity to more efficiently radiate while achieving a bandwidth eighty three times higher than the passive Bode-Fano limit.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mark A. Kemp, Matt Franzi, Andy Haase, Erik Jongewaard, Matthew T. Whittaker, Michael Kirkpatrick, Robert Sparr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09680-2