Title :
Textile PIFA antenna bending
Author :
Bai, Qiang ; Langley, Richard
Author_Institution :
Univ. EEE Dept., Univ. of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
Abstract :
This paper presents the performance of a textile PIFA antenna under several bending and crumpling conditions. Input impedance, efficiency and radiation patterns are investigated based on numerical and experimental methods at 2.4 GHz.
Keywords :
UHF antennas; antenna radiation patterns; electric impedance; numerical analysis; planar inverted-F antennas; textiles; wearable antennas; antenna crumpling conditions; antenna efficiency; antenna radiation patterns; frequency 2.4 GHz; input impedance; numerical methods; textile PIFA antenna bending; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Reflection; Reflector antennas; Textiles;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Conference (LAPC), 2011 Loughborough
Conference_Location :
Loughborough
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1014-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1015-5
DOI :
10.1109/LAPC.2011.6114061
