Title :
Textile body-worn exponentially tapered Vee antenna
Author :
Januszkiewicz, Lukasz ; Hausman, Slawomir ; Kacprzak, Tomasz ; Michalak, Marina ; Bilska, Jadwiga ; Krucinska, Izabella
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Electron., Lodz
Abstract :
The paper describes a new design of a flexible wearable antenna. The design is based on the exponentially tapered Vee antenna geometry adapted for manufacturing using textile technologies (yarn based on copper fibers and polyester nonwovens). Experimentally obtained VSWR and radiation patterns demonstrate suitability of the antenna for the operation in body-worn wireless systems in the ISM band.
Keywords :
UHF antennas; antenna radiation patterns; copper; ISM band; Vee antenna; body-worn wireless systems; copper fibers; exponentially tapered antenna; flexible wearable antenna; polyester nonwovens; radiation patterns; textile body-worn antenna; Adaptive arrays; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Bandwidth; Clothing; Dipole antennas; Humans; Impedance measurement; Manufacturing; Textile technology;
Conference_Titel :
Microwaves, Radar and Wireless Communications, 2008. MIKON 2008. 17th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wroclaw
Print_ISBN :
978-83-906662-8-0
