Title :
Textile waveguide sheet with Artificial Magnetic Conductor structures for transmission enhancement between wire dipoles
Author :
Kamardin, K. ; Rahim, M.K.A. ; Samsuri, N.A. ; Jalil, M.E.
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Electr. Eng., Univ. Teknol. Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia
Abstract :
Wire dipoles with textile Artificial Magnetic Conductor (AMC) sheet-like waveguide were designed to investigate the possibility of transmission enhancement between antennas. The substrate for the AMC is made of fleece fabric, while the patches and ground are made of SHIELDIT fabric. The AMC surface is designed to have in-phase reflection at 2.45GHz with the aim to improve the transmission between antennas. The S11 and S21 performances of two antennas with textile AMC sheet was investigated rigorously. The effect of different antennas´ positioning was also considered.
Keywords :
body area networks; dipole antennas; fabrics; textiles; waveguide antennas; wearable antennas; AMC sheet-like waveguide; AMC surface; SHIELDIT fabric; WBAN; antenna positioning; antennas; artificial magnetic conductor structures; fleece fabric; textile AMC sheet; textile artificial magnetic conductor; textile waveguide sheet; transmission enhancement; wire dipoles; wireless body area network; Antenna measurements; Biomedical measurement; Dipole antennas; Magnetic noise; Textiles; Transmitting antennas; Wires; Antenna; Artificial Magnetic Conductor; Dipole; Sheet-like Waveguide; Textile AMC;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5315-1
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2013.6710801
