Title :
Dual-band E-shaped patch wearable textile antenna
Author :
Salonen, Pekka ; Kim, Jaehoon ; Rahmat-Samii, Yahya
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
Future utilization of smart clothing will necessitate applications of multi-function and multi-frequency wearable antennas. The paper addresses the development of a dual-band E-shaped textile antenna for wearable applications. We have considered felt fabric to design an antenna for 2.2 GHz and 3.0 GHz frequencies. The antenna input matching and radiation characteristics have been determined by FDTD simulations and by measurements. Numerical modeling of specific absorption rate was also performed. The results show clearly that E-shaped textile antennas are suitable for multiband operation.
Keywords :
UHF antennas; antenna radiation patterns; computational electromagnetics; electromagnetic wave absorption; fabrics; microstrip antennas; multifrequency antennas; 2.2 GHz; 3.0 GHz; FDTD; dual-band E-shaped patch antenna; dual-band E-shaped patch wearable textile antenna; dual-band antenna; felt fabric; input matching; multifrequency antennas; multifunction antennas; radiation characteristics; radiation patterns; smart clothing; specific absorption rate; wearable antennas; Antenna measurements; Clothing; Dual band; Fabrics; Finite difference methods; Frequency; Impedance matching; Numerical models; Textiles; Time domain analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2005 IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8883-6
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2005.1551354
