Title :
Repeatability of embroidered patch antennas
Author :
Shiyu Zhang ; Chauraya, Alford ; Whittow, William ; Seager, Rob ; Acti, Tessa ; Dias, T. ; Vardaxoglou, Yiannis
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electron., Electr. & Syst. Eng., Loughborough Univ., Loughborough, UK
Abstract :
The repeatability of the embroidery technology in fabricating wearable antenna is discussed in this paper. Two groups of rectangular microstrip antennas have been embroidered by conductive threads with different stitch spacings. Each group contains 8 identical antennas with 16 antennas in total. The repeatability of resonate frequency, bandwidth, gain, antenna efficiency, radiation pattern and cross-polarization are measured for different stitch spacings. The results demonstrate the potential of applying embroidery to antenna mass manufacture.
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; microstrip antennas; polarisation; wearable antennas; antenna efficiency; antenna mass manufacture; conductive threads; cross polarization; embroidered patch antennas repeatability; embroidery technology; radiation pattern; rectangular microstrip antennas; resonate frequency; stitch spacings; wearable antenna; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Bandwidth; Resonant frequency; Yarn; antenna measurement; conductive thread; embroidered antenna; microstrip patch antenna; stitch direction; stitch spacing;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Conference (LAPC), 2013 Loughborough
Conference_Location :
Loughborough
DOI :
10.1109/LAPC.2013.6711869
