Title :
Flexible CPW-IFA antenna for wearable electronic devices
Author :
Abbosh, Amin ; Al-Rizzo, Hussain ; Abushamleh, Said ; Bihnam, Ayad ; Khaleel, Haider R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Syst. Eng., Univ. of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR, USA
Abstract :
The capability of bending, twisting and folding offered by mechanically flexible films and/or substrates along with size, weight and cost constraints are among the main challenges in future wearable electronic devices. In this paper, the effects of bending on a planar flexible CPW- IFA antenna operating at WLAN (IEEE 802.11) 2.4/5.2/5.8 GHz bandwidths is proposed. The flat antenna achieves a relative bandwidth of 14% (2.25-2.61) GHz and 42% (4.98-7.64) GHz over which S11 is less than -10 dB, and a realized gain of 1.86, 4.21 and 2.94 dB at 2.4, 5.2, and 5.8, respectively. The results show that the antenna maintained the WLAN matching lower and upper bandwidths required under a wide range of bending angles ψB.
Keywords :
UHF antennas; bending; coplanar waveguides; flexible electronics; planar inverted-F antennas; waveguide antennas; wearable antennas; wireless LAN; IEEE 802.11; WLAN; bandwidth 2.4 GHz; bandwidth 5.2 GHz; bandwidth 5.8 GHz; bending angles; bending capability; cost constraints; folding capability; frequency 2.25 GHz to 2.61 GHz; frequency 4.98 GHz to 7.64 GHz; gain 1.86 dB; gain 2.94 dB; gain 4.21 dB; mechanically flexible films; planar flexible CPW-IFA antenna; size constraints; twisting capability; wearable electronic devices; weight constraints; Bandwidth; Gain; Microwave antennas; Substrates; Wireless LAN; Wireless communication;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Memphis, TN
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-3538-3
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2014.6905186
