Title :
Compact textile patch antenna for wearable fabric applications
Author :
Ha, S. ; Lee, Seulki ; Yoo, Hoi-Jun ; Jung, C.
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. of NID Fusion Technol., Seoul Nat. Univ. of Technol., Seoul, South Korea
Abstract :
A compact textile patch antenna for wearable fabric applications is presented. The proposed antenna is suitable for Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) operating at 5.5 GHz. The textile materials and the planar antenna shape provide a smooth integration into clothing while preserving the typical properties (Thickness: 1.5 mm, εr = 1.71) of textiles. Our investigations not only characterize the performance of the antennas in planar shape, but also under defined different bending conditions (radius of 30, 60, 90mm and plane). The proposed antenna achieved a maximum gain of 3.5 dBi.
Keywords :
clothing; fabrics; microstrip antennas; microwave antennas; planar antennas; wearable antennas; wireless LAN; clothing; compact textile patch antenna; distance 1.5 mm; frequency 5.5 GHz; planar antenna shape; radius 30 mm; radius 60 mm; radius 90 mm; textile material; wearable fabric application; wireless local area network; Artificial neural networks; Bandwidth; Biomedical monitoring; Gain; Materials; Monitoring; WiMAX;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference Proceedings (APMC), 2010 Asia-Pacific
Conference_Location :
Yokohama
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7590-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-902339-22-2
