Nature Communications (Apr 2019)

A high Q piezoelectric resonator as a portable VLF transmitter

  • Mark A. Kemp,
  • Matt Franzi,
  • Andy Haase,
  • Erik Jongewaard,
  • Matthew T. Whittaker,
  • Michael Kirkpatrick,
  • Robert Sparr

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09680-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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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.