A Dual Band Belt Antenna

Author

Sanz-Izquierdo, B. ; Batchelor, J.C.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron., Univ. of Kent, Canterbury

fYear

2008

fDate

4-6 March 2008

Firstpage

374

Lastpage

377

Abstract

A novel wearable antenna for wireless communications is presented in this paper. This paper has discussed the possibility of employing a belt buckle as an antenna, bringing benefits such as removability and the ability to hand portable wireless devices from the belt itself. The antenna consists of a belt buckle, hinge, denim waist band and electrical connections. The antenna was fed by a microstrip transmission line on the denim substrate with the antenna placed on the other side of the textile band. The prototype achieves wide band, dual frequency operation and is able to cover the 2.45GHz and 5.25 GHz bands necessary for Bluetooth/WLAN and IEEE 802.11 standards.

Keywords

Bluetooth; UHF antennas; antenna feeds; microstrip lines; microwave antennas; multifrequency antennas; transmission lines; wireless LAN; Bluetooth; IEEE 802.11 standards; WLAN; denim waist band; dual band belt antenna; electrical connections; frequency 2.4 GHz; frequency 5 GHz; microstrip transmission line; portable wireless devices; wearable antenna; wireless communications; Belts; Dual band; Fasteners; Frequency; Microstrip antennas; Prototypes; Textiles; Transmission line antennas; Wideband; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antenna Technology: Small Antennas and Novel Metamaterials, 2008. iWAT 2008. International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Chiba

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1522-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IWAT.2008.4511358

Filename

4511358