Conductive E-textile analysis of 1.575 GHz rectangular antenna with H-slot for GPS application

Author

Jais, M.I. ; Jamlos, M.F. ; Malek, M.F. ; Jusoh, M.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Comput. & Commun. Eng., Univ. Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Pauh Putra, Malaysia

fYear

2012

fDate

12-13 Nov. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Conductive E-textile analysis of a rectangular antenna with H-slot is proposed. This research focuses on the optimal value of gain and return loss (S11) with 3 types of E-textile as radiating elements. The H-slot functions are tuning and capable to suppress the back lobe direction. The proposed antenna design used 3 type of E-textile (Zelt, Pure Copper Taffeta Fabric and Shieldit Super). All of the antennas have similar full ground plane made from copper foil tape with thickness of 0.035 mm. As a result, the studies have significantly achieved optimum gain and return loss (S11) of 7.7 dB and -17.6 dB respectively. The proposed antenna has big potential to be implemented on smart clothes for GPS application.

Keywords

Global Positioning System; UHF antennas; slot antennas; textiles; wearable antennas; GPS application; H-slot; Shieldit super; Zelt; conductive E-textile analysis; copper foil tape; frequency 1.575 GHz; full ground plane; gain 7.7 dB; loss 17.6 dB; pure copper taffeta fabric; radiating element; rectangular antenna; size 0.035 mm; Antennas; Copper; Fabrics; Gain; 1.575GHz; E-textile antenna; copper foils tape;

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.2012.6402958

Filename

6402958