Title :
Implementation of conductive yarn into wearable textile antennas
Author :
Ivsic, Branimir ; Bonefacic, Davor
Author_Institution :
Dept. for Wireless Commun., Univ. of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract :
PIFA antennas and canonical microstrip antennas made of conductive yarn patterns embroidered into several clothing fabrics are investigated in ISM 2.4 band. The effect of lockstitch pattern onto the length of current path is studied for two conductive yarns of different mechanical properties. It is found that proposed procedure enables some size reduction in antennas and is applicable in design of wearable antennas.
Keywords :
UHF antennas; microstrip antennas; planar inverted-F antennas; textiles; wearable antennas; yarn; ISM 2.4 band; PIFA antenna; canonical microstrip antenna; clothing fabrics; conductive yarn implementation; lockstitch pattern; wearable textile antenna; Antenna measurements; Fabrics; Microstrip; Microstrip antennas; Yarn; Body-centric communications; Conductive textiles; Wearable antenna;
Conference_Titel :
Radioelektronika (RADIOELEKTRONIKA), 2014 24th International Conference
Conference_Location :
Bratislava
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-3714-1
DOI :
10.1109/Radioelek.2014.6828450
