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Abstract

In wireless technology, microstrip patch antennas are often used in communication systems with various designs. However, the effect of geometrically folded antennas on wireless communication performance is unclear. To address this problem, an in-depth study of the flexible antenna parameters was performed through V-folding analysis. A systematic and complete analysis of the percentage of folding in patch antennas was performed. The folding of patch antennas is expected to become mandatory because patch antennas are integrated and molded according to specified object shapes. The designed antenna was operated at 0.1-5.0 GHz to investigate the folding performance in the frequency range of 1.00-3.78 GHz used in many wireless applications, such as the GPS, GSM, and LTE standards. A promising operating frequency for flat (unfold) antennas is 1.42 GHz with an achieved multiband bandwidth of 31.6 MHz, which shifted according to the folding angle but with good performance. The results of this study can be used to predict the performance of an antenna when it is placed on a product of any shape, according to the designed object pattern.

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