Title :
Textile antennas: Effect of antenna bending on radiation pattern and efficiency
Author :
Salonen, Pekka ; Keskilammi, Mikko ; Rahmat-Samii, Yahya
Author_Institution :
Patria Aviation Oy, Tampere
Abstract :
In this paper the radiation characteristics of three different textile antennas, namely, a conventional patch antenna, a dual-band antenna, and an EBG antenna is focused. The results show that antenna bending has remarkable effect on radiation characteristics, i.e., radiation pattern shape, gain, and radiation efficiency. It is intuitively clear that antenna bending broaden the radiation pattern in the bending plane, which results a drop of gain. In addition, it was also noticed that radiation efficiency slightly reduces due to the antenna bending. These results again show that EBG antenna performs better compared to the conventional antenna.
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; microstrip antennas; multifrequency antennas; photonic band gap; EBG antenna; antenna bending effect; dual-band antenna; patch antenna; radiation pattern; textile antenna; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Azimuth; Dielectrics; Metamaterials; Patch antennas; Periodic structures; Resonant frequency; Textiles; Unmanned aerial vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2008. AP-S 2008. IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2041-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2042-1
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2008.4619343
