Title :
Leaf-shaped dual band antenna textile performance for on-body application
Author :
Ramly, Nurul Jannah ; Rahim, Mohamad Kamal A. ; Samsuri, NoorAsmawati ; Jalil, Mohd Ezwan ; Abdul Majid, Mohamad Afiq ; Elias, NorFatin Akma ; Dewan, Raimi
Author_Institution :
Commun. Eng. Dept., Univ. Teknol. Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia
Abstract :
A leaf-shaped dual band dipole textile antenna is proposed for on-body application. The antenna is designed to operate at Ultra High Frequency (UHF) range frequency at 1.8 GHz and 2.6 GHz. Denim substrate was used as the material due to its robustness, flexibility and lightweight. The antenna design is simulated, optimized and analyzed using Computer Simulation Technology (CST) Microwave Studio software and Voxel. Copper tape and ShieldIT fabric were used as conductive elements. Simulated result shows that the proposed antenna design meets the requirements of dual band antenna for on-body application. The proposed antenna is compact in size and flexible materials. Results in terms of return loss, bandwidth, radiation pattern, as well as gain are presented to validate the performance of the antenna.
Keywords :
dipole antennas; multifrequency antennas; wearable antennas; ShieldIT fabric; antenna design; conductive elements; copper tape; denim substrate; dipole textile antenna; leaf-shaped dual band antenna textile performance; on-body application; ultra high frequency antenna; Antenna radiation patterns; Dipole antennas; Dual band; Fabrics; Gustav model; ShieldIT; UHF; denim; dual band; leaf-shaped; textile antenna;
Conference_Titel :
Applied Electromagnetics (APACE), 2014 IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-6602-8
DOI :
10.1109/APACE.2014.7043795
