Title :
Robust planar textile antenna for wireless body LANs operating in 2.45 GHz ISM band
Author :
Tronquo, A. ; Rogier, H. ; Hertleer, C. ; Van Langenhove, L.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Technol., Ghent Univ., Gent, Belgium
Abstract :
A single-feed rectangular-ring textile antenna is proposed for wireless body area networks operating in the 2.45 GHz ISM band. The conductive parts of the planar antenna consist of FlecTron®, whereas fleece fabric is used as non-conductive antenna substrate. This results in a highly efficient, flexible and wearable antenna to be integrated in garments. The robustness of the antenna characteristics with respect to bending is proven.
Keywords :
UHF antennas; flexible electronics; mobile antennas; wireless LAN; 2.45 GHz; FlecTron; ISM band; antenna characteristics; bending characteristics; fleece fabric; flexible antenna; nonconductive antenna substrate; rectangular-ring textile antenna; robust planar textile antenna; wearable antenna; wireless body LAN; wireless body area networks;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20064200
