Dual band inkjet printed bow-tie slot antenna on leather

Author

Farooqui, M.F. ; Shamim, A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., King Abdullah Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

fYear

2013

fDate

8-12 April 2013

Firstpage

3287

Lastpage

3290

Abstract

A new dual band CPW fed bow-tie slot antenna on leather substrate is presented. The antenna is fabricated using inkjet printing directly on leather substrate. The dual band operation is achieved by loading the bow-tie slot antenna with bend slot stubs on the edges. The antenna operates at around 1.7 GHz and 2.9 GHz. The measured impedance bandwidth of the antenna in the two bands is 13.8% and 16.6%. It is the first ever antenna fabricated using inkjet printing on leather. The proposed antenna design is attractive for wearable and flexible electronic systems. A new concept of shoe radar for antipersonnel mine detection is presented which can utilize the proposed antenna.

Keywords

UHF antennas; antenna feeds; bow-tie antennas; coplanar waveguides; ink jet printing; landmine detection; multifrequency antennas; radar; waveguide antennas; weapons; antipersonnel mine detection; bend slot stub; dual band CPW fed bow-tie slot antenna; dual band inkjet printed bow-tie slot antenna; dual band operation; flexible electronic system; impedance bandwidth measurement; inkjet printing; leather substrate; shoe radar; wearable electronic system; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Footwear; Radar antennas; Slot antennas; Inkjet printing; bow-tie slot antenna; dual band antenna; leather;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2013 7th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Gothenburg

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2187-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-88-907018-1-8

Type

conf

Filename

6546920