A low-profile textile antenna for reception of digital television and wireless communications

Author

Paul, Dominique L. ; Paterson, Michael G. ; Hilton, Geoffrey S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Bristol, Bristol, UK

fYear

2012

Firstpage

51

Lastpage

54

Abstract

A textile multiband monopole antenna designed for WLAN frequencies and digital television is presented. The antenna features a low profile, simple shape, light weight and small size. It performs well when mounted at various positions on the body, covering the DTV band along with GSM-900, UMTS-LTE-advanced, WLAN 2.4/5.8 GHz and Wimax 3.5 GHz. The return loss was found to be only very little affected by the presence of the body. As well as being suited to wearable communication systems, the textile antenna is currently the first of this size to receive digital television.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; Long Term Evolution; WiMax; cellular radio; digital television; monopole antennas; multifrequency antennas; wearable antennas; wireless LAN; DTV band; GSM-900; UMTS-LTE-advanced; WLAN; WLAN frequencies; WiMax; digital television reception; frequency 2.4 GHz to 5.8 GHz; frequency 3.5 GHz; low-profile textile antenna; textile multiband monopole antenna; wearable communication systems; wireless communication reception; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Digital TV; Dual band; Textiles; Wireless communication; Digital TV; Microstrip textile antennas; UHF antennas; Wearable antennas; Wireless off-body communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS), 2012 IEEE

Conference_Location

Santa Clara, CA

ISSN

2164-2958

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1153-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RWS.2012.6175344

Filename

6175344