Title :
On Radiation Modes of Anisotropic Plain Weave Textile Antenna
Author :
Li, Houmin ; Baginski, Michael ; Branscomb, David ; Riggs, Lloyd ; Thomas, Gwynedd
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Inf. & Electron., Beijing Inst. of Technol., Beijing, China
Abstract :
In this paper we present a concept involving utilizing both conductive and nonconductive elements in an anisotropic plain weave to form a microstrip antenna (MSA). This configuration results in a novel antenna structure with unique radiation modes. A reference MSA, a grating MSA, and an anisotropic plain weave antenna (APWA) were fabricated and tested. A Full wave finite element method (FEM) simulation of the antenna´s performance was performed and compared with experimental results. The results show that the anisotropic plain weave configuration eliminated the TM010 mode, while enabling higher order modes.
Keywords :
anisotropic media; antenna radiation patterns; finite element analysis; microstrip antennas; MSA; TM010 mode; anisotropic plain weave antenna; anisotropic plain weave configuration; anisotropic plain weave textile antenna; antenna performance; conductive element; full wave finite element method; higher order mode; microstrip antenna structure; nonconductive element; radiation mode; unique radiation mode; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Cavity resonators; Gratings; Microstrip; Textiles; Weaving;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing (WiCOM), 2011 7th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wuhan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6250-6
DOI :
10.1109/wicom.2011.6040099
