Title :
Connecting wearable textile transmission lines: all-textile fabrication solutions and design techniques
Author :
Tsolis, A. ; Alexandridis, A.A. ; Whittow, W.G. ; Vardaxoglou, J.C.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electron., Loughborough Univ., Loughborough, UK
Abstract :
A new method for connecting transmission lines is presented without using rigid connectors in order to implement a fully textile interconnecting system appropriate for signal transmission in wearable applications. This method is applied to textile striplines and named `complementary overlap´. The proposed method is examined from 1 to 6 GHz covering the frequency bands of the target applications: ISM (WLAN, Bluetooth, ZigBee etc.) and L-band (GPS).
Keywords :
UHF circuits; microwave circuits; strip lines; textiles; transmission lines; Bluetooth; CO; GPS; ISM; L-band; WLAN; ZigBee; all-textile fabrication solution; complementary overlap; frequency 1 GHz to 6 GHz; rigid connector; signal transmission; textile interconnecting system; textile stripline; wearable textile transmission line;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el.2015.1623
