Textile material characterization for SoftWear antennas

Author

Lilja, Juha ; Salonen, Pekka

Author_Institution

Patria Aviation Oy, Tampere, Finland

fYear

2009

fDate

18-21 Oct. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

Modern industrial textile materials are composed of mechanically strong fibers that find their applications in integrated antennas within soldier´s garment and armors in ballistic protection as well. This paper will cover electromagnetic characterization of such textile materials for SoftWear antenna substrate. Dielectric permittivity and loss tangent are analyzed and measured in varying relative humidity and temperature. In addition, the application of conductive textile materials to antennas is analyzed and discussed thoroughly.

Keywords

UHF antennas; antenna testing; clothing; humidity; military equipment; permittivity; textile products; wearable antennas; SoftWear antennas; ballistic protection; conductive textile materials; dielectric permittivity; electromagnetic characterization; integrated antennas; loss tangent; textile material characterization; Clothing; Conducting materials; Dielectric loss measurement; Dielectric losses; Dielectric materials; Dielectric substrates; Permittivity; Protection; Textile fibers; Textile industry;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Communications Conference, 2009. MILCOM 2009. IEEE

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5238-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5239-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.2009.5380112

Filename

5380112