Fully textile slot linear array antenna with curvature and crumple analysis

Author

Majid, M.A.A. ; Rahim, M.K.A. ; Murad, N.A. ; Samsuri, N.A. ; Elias, N.F.A. ; Mokhtar, M.H.

Author_Institution

Commun. Eng. Dept., Univ. Teknol. Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia

fYear

2014

fDate

2-5 Dec. 2014

Firstpage

263

Lastpage

264

Abstract

This paper presented the investigation of wearable textile slot linear array (TSLA) antenna under flat, curvature and crumple conditions in free space designed for body worn communication application. The antenna substrate is made of 0.78 mm denim fabric with conducting monopole and ground plane is made of 0.17 mm shieldit fabric. The antenna is designed at resonant frequency of 2.45 GHz Industrial Scientific Medical (ISM) band. Simulated results show that the antenna curve and crumple significantly detuned the antenna resonance frequency and altered the antenna radiation pattern while decreased realized gain value.

Keywords

UHF antennas; antenna radiation patterns; conducting materials; fabrics; linear antenna arrays; monopole antenna arrays; slot antenna arrays; textiles; wearable antennas; ISM band; TSLA antenna; antenna radiation pattern; body worn communication application; conducting monopole; crumple analysis; curvature analysis; denim fabric; free space design; frequency 2.45 GHz; industrial scientific medical band; shieldit fabric; size 0.17 mm; size 0.78 mm; wearable textile slot linear array antenna; Antenna radiation patterns; Microwave antenna arrays; Reflector antennas; Resonant frequency; Slot antennas; Textile linear slots antenna; conductive textile; curvature analysis; fabric substrate; wearable antenna;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (ISAP), 2014 International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Kaohsiung

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISANP.2014.7026631

Filename

7026631