Comparison of two generations of textile MIMO antennas at IHF

Author

Shakhtour, Hammam ; Pamp, J. ; Heberling, Dirk ; Schellstede, G. ; Lee, H.-Y. ; Breckenfelder, C.

Author_Institution

Inst. of High Freq. Technol., RWTH Aachen Univ., Aachen, Germany

fYear

2013

fDate

4-6 March 2013

Firstpage

150

Lastpage

153

Abstract

A wearable textile antenna is a field of big interest and is getting more market [2]. Despite the simple idea and structure of such technology, some chapters are still open for further research, e.g. substrates, feeding, washing ability... etc. In this paper a comparison of two dual-polarized wearable textile antenna generations is introduced. Other than simulation and experimental results comparison, materials and production technology used will be also discussed, showing the advantages and disadvantages of these technologies. Both antennas have been developed to operate in the industrial, scientific and medical (ISM i.e. 2.4 GHz - 2.5 GHz) band [1]. The experimental and simulation results will be shown and compared to those achieved with an old version of this antenna.

Keywords

MIMO communication; UHF antennas; wearable antennas; IHF; ISM band; bandwidth 2.4 GHz to 2.5 GHz; dual-polarized wearable textile antenna generations; industrial, scientific and medical band; textile MIMO antennas; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Dielectric substrates; Frequency measurement; Mechanical variables measurement; Prototypes; Substrates;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antenna Technology (iWAT), 2013 International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Karlsruhe

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2830-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-2829-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IWAT.2013.6518320

Filename

6518320