Title :
Effect of fabric patterns on electrotextile patch antennas
Author :
Ouyang, Yuehui ; Karayianni, Eleni ; Chappell, William J.
Author_Institution :
Center for Wireless Syst. Applications, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
Abstract :
Two different electrotextile antennas made of the same e-textile material, but of different structure, are compared. Details of the fabric construction of the electrotextiles and their effect on the efficiency of the e-textile patch antennas are discussed. Finally, one fully-fabric patch antenna is demonstrated for potential WLAN applications. This fabric antenna with measured gain of 6.59 dB and impedance bandwidth of 3.4% is comparable to a standard rigid patch antenna of similar structure and dimension.
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; conducting materials; fabrics; microstrip antennas; 6.59 dB; WLAN; antenna radiation patterns; conductive fibers; electrotextile antennas; electrotextile patch antennas; fabric construction; fabric patterns; nonconductive fibers; wearable antenna; Antenna measurements; Conducting materials; Copper; Fabrics; Impedance measurement; Patch antennas; Textile fibers; USA Councils; Wireless LAN; Yarn;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2005 IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8883-6
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2005.1551986
