Embroidered wearable antennas using conductive threads with different stitch spacings

Author

Shiyu Zhang ; Chauraya, Alford ; Whittow, William ; Seager, Rob ; Acti, Tessa ; Dias, T. ; Vardaxoglou, Yiannis

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electron., Electr. & Syst. Eng., Loughborough Univ., Loughborough, UK

fYear

2012

fDate

12-13 Nov. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This paper is focused on using conductive threads to design flexible antennas with textile features which means antennas can be embroidered directly into normal clothes. The fabric microstrip antennas are made from commercial conductive threads. The gain and efficiency of fabric antennas have been measured and compared with a reference copper patch antenna. Effects from different stitches geometries within the fabric antenna are discussed. The results demonstrate the feasibility of wearable antennas.

Keywords

amplification; microstrip antennas; textiles; wearable antennas; commercial conductive threads; copper patch antenna; embroidered wearable antennas; fabric microstrip antennas; flexible antennas; stitch spacings; textile features; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Copper; Fabrics; Yarn; antenna gain measurement; conductive thread; embroidery; fabric antenna; wearable;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Conference (LAPC), 2012 Loughborough

Conference_Location

Loughborough

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2218-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-2219-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LAPC.2012.6403059

Filename

6403059