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Embroidered wire dipole antennas using novel copper yarns
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posted on 2015-02-27, 09:44 authored by Tessa Acti, Alford ChaurayaAlford Chauraya, Shiyu Zhang, William WhittowWilliam Whittow, Rob Seager, J. C. Vardaxoglou, Tilak DiasThis letter presents a method of fabricating wearable antennas by embroidering novel fine copper yarn. In this work, fine copper wires are first twisted together to create a physically strong and yet flexible thread. A digital embroidery machine was used to create dipole antennas. The dc resistance of the antenna arms along with the return loss, radiation patterns, and efficiency of the antennas have been measured. The results are compared to embroidered dipoles using commercially available conductive threads and etched copper antennas.
Funding
The work was supported by the IeMRC [grant number: EP/I01490X/1]
History
School
- Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
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IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation LettersVolume
14Pages
638 - 641Citation
ACTI, T. ... et al., 2015. Embroidered wire dipole antennas using novel copper yarns. IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, 14, pp.638-641.Publisher
IEEE © the authorsVersion
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2014-11-20Copyright date
2014Notes
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1548-5757Publisher version
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- en