SoftWear Antenna

Author

Salonen, Pekka ; Keskilammi, Mikko

Author_Institution

Patria Aviation Oy, Tampere

fYear

2008

fDate

16-19 Nov. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

SoftWear antenna is a new concept of describing soft wearable antennas that take the advantage of flexible materials making the whole antenna structure flexible. This paper describes how the performance of wearable textile antennas is affected on the antenna bending. Here, we will focus on the resonance frequency fluctuation and input-match bandwidth variation due to the antenna bending as well as the effects of radiation pattern deformation and radiation efficiency. The results are given for three different antennas, namely, a conventional patch, EBG (electromagnetic band-gap), and dual-band U-slot antennas.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; multifrequency antennas; photonic band gap; slot antennas; SoftWear antenna; antenna structures; dual-band U-slot antennas; electromagnetic bandgap; flexible materials; input-match bandwidth variation; radiation efficiency; radiation pattern deformation; resonance frequency fluctuation; soft wearable antennas; Antenna feeds; Antenna measurements; Connectors; Dielectric measurements; Fluctuations; Metamaterials; Periodic structures; Resonance; Resonant frequency; Textiles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Communications Conference, 2008. MILCOM 2008. IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2676-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2677-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.2008.4753041

Filename

4753041