Super wide band wearable antenna: Assessment of the conformal characteristics in terms of impedance matching and radiation properties

Author

Mahmud, S. ; Dey, Shuvashis ; Saha, Nirzhar

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., American Int. Univ.-Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

fYear

2012

fDate

Oct. 29 2012-Nov. 2 2012

Firstpage

563

Lastpage

566

Abstract

This paper illustrates the design and competence investigation of a novel conformal super wide band (SWB) wearable textile antenna. The design of this flexible antenna is employed on a material named Dacron fabric whose substrate permittivity is 3. This antenna occupies a bandwidth of almost 35 GHz and ranges between frequencies from 1.76 GHz to 36.80 GHz. The designed antenna is bended at different angles to study its conformal nature in terms of return loss and radiation characteristics.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; broadband antennas; conformal antennas; fabrics; impedance matching; millimetre wave antennas; permittivity; textiles; wearable antennas; Dacron fabric material; SWB; antenna radiation property; conformal characteristic assessment; conformal super wideband wearable textile antenna; frequency 1.76 GHz to 36.80 GHz; impedance matching; return loss; substrate permittivity; Antenna radiation patterns; Bandwidth; Impedance matching; Textiles; Ultra wideband antennas; Conformal; Super Wide Band; Textile antenna;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (ISAP), 2012 International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Nagoys

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1001-7

Type

conf

Filename

6394003