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Higher-mode textile patch antenna with embroidered vias for on-body communication

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posted on 2016-05-05, 15:31 authored by Tassos Paraskevopoulos, Duarte M. de Sousa Fonseca, Rob SeagerRob Seager, William WhittowWilliam Whittow, J. C. Vardaxoglou, Antonis A. Alexandridis
This study presents a wearable textile higher-mode microstrip patch antenna (HMMPA) that has been designed to radiate omni-directionally at 2.4 GHz Industrial Scientific and Medical (ISM) band. Emphasis is given to the fabrication process of the textile vias with conductive sewing thread that plays an important role in generating the optimal mode for on-body radiation. The embroidery technique enabled a side-fed low-profile antenna which could be placed directly against the body. The proposed textile HMMPA antenna performance is compared with a probe-fed HMMPA antenna fabricated with rigid copper radiating parts, for both free space and on-body conditions. The on-body antenna performance has been tested by performing near-field measurements of the antenna on a full-body specific anthropomorphic mannequin phantom in an anechoic chamber. Results show that the proposed textile HMMPA antenna with vias made from conductive thread can radiate on-body with good efficiency while minimising the radiation in the broadside direction.

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  • Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering

Published in

IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation

Volume

10

Issue

7

Pages

802-807

Citation

PARASKEVOPOULOS, A. ... et al., 2016. Higher-mode textile patch antenna with embroidered vias for on-body communication. IET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation, 10 (7), pp.802-807.

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© Institution of Engineering and Technology

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  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Acceptance date

2016-02-05

Publication date

2016-05-01

Copyright date

2016

Notes

This paper is a preprint of a paper accepted by IET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation, and is subject to Institution of Engineering and Technology Copyright. When the final version is published, the copy of record will be available at IET Digital Library.

ISSN

1751-8725

eISSN

1751-8733

Language

  • en

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