Title :
Textile artificial magnetic conductor for GPS applications
Author :
Pimenta, M. Silva ; Ferrero, F. ; Brachat, P. ; Ratajczak, P. ; Staraj, R. ; Ribero, J.M.
Author_Institution :
Lab. d´´Electron. Antennes et Telecommun., Univ. de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Valbonne, France
Abstract :
This paper presents an Artificial Magnetic Conductor (AMC) used for the GPS standard (L1/L2). This AMC will then be used to design an antenna dedicated to be integrated in the clothes. The AMC cell is a double square patch stacked in textile substrate. The bandwidths of the presented cell are 5.1% and 4% respectively at 1.165 GHz and 1.593 GHz respectively, taken from -90° to 90° of phase. There is a good agreement between simulation and measurement. A wideband planar monopole is then placed over the surface. The radiation measurement shows an increase of the total gain of 2.5 dB in the normal direction of the antenna.
Keywords :
Global Positioning System; broadband antennas; conductors (electric); magnetic devices; monopole antennas; planar antennas; textiles; AMC cell; GPS applications; GPS standard; bandwidth 1.165 GHz; bandwidth 1.593 GHz; double square patch; gain 2.5 dB; radiation measurement; textile artificial magnetic conductor; textile substrate; wideband planar monopole; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Dual band; Reflection; Substrates; Textiles; Artificial Magnetic Conductor; GPS; dual band; textile antenna;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), 2012 6th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Prague
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0918-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0919-7
DOI :
10.1109/EuCAP.2012.6206447
