Ultra wideband textile antenna development for indoor localization

Author

Holland, Stephen A. ; Baiya, Dounia ; Elkhouly, E. ; Fathy, Aly E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

2-7 June 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Accurately defined textile antennas have been developed using a laser machine with high precision cutting capabilities. The textile antennas are comprised of a conductive fabric layer that is laser defined and can be easily incorporated into uniforms and garments using a simple iron-on process. We have developed and present a monopole antenna design geared towards UWB applications. This antenna design offers conformal, bendable, and washable properties. Measured return loss and radiation patterns agree well with our simulation. We show that these UWB textile antennas can be applied to localization systems and can provide accurate estimation of wearer´s location geared towards natural disaster recovery applications.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; laser beam cutting; laser beam machining; monopole antennas; simulation; textiles; ultra wideband antennas; UWB textile antennas; high precision cutting; indoor localization; iron-on process; laser machine; monopole antenna design; radiation patterns; simulation; ultra wideband textile antenna development; Biomembranes; Conductivity; Dielectrics; Electric fields; Electrodes; Force; Microfluidics; Textile antennas; conductive fabric; localization; ultrawideband (UWB);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest (IMS), 2013 IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-6177-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2013.6697714

Filename

6697714