Title :
Textile antennas: Effects of antenna bending on input matching and impedance bandwidth
Author :
Salonen, Pekka ; Rahmat-Samii, Yahya
Author_Institution :
Patria Systems Oy, Naulakatu 3, 33100 Tampere, Finland
Abstract :
This paper describes how the performance of wearable textile antennas is affected on the antenna bending. Here, we will focus on the resonance frequency fluctuation and input-match bandwidth variation due to the antenna bending. The results are given for three different antennas, namely, a conventional patch, EBG, and dual-band U-slot antennas.
Keywords :
Antenna measurements; Bandwidth; Connectors; Dielectrics; Impedance matching; Metamaterials; Patch antennas; Periodic structures; Resonance; Textiles;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation, 2006. EuCAP 2006. First European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nice
Print_ISBN :
978-92-9092-937-6
DOI :
10.1109/EUCAP.2006.4584859
