TY - GEN
T1 - PDMS-embedded conductive fabric
T2 - International Symposium on Medical Information and Communication Technology (12th : 2018)
AU - Simorangkir, Roy B. V. B.
AU - Feng, Shilun
AU - Sayem, Abu Sadat Md.
AU - Esselle, Karu P.
AU - Yang, Yang
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - A new and simple fabrication method to realize robust flexible wearable antennas by combining conductive fabric and polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) is proposed. The conductive fabric acts as the conductive part of the antenna, while PDMS acts as the substrate as well as the encapsulation layers. The method takes advantage of the porous structure of the conductive fabric and the initial liquid form of PDMS to attain a significantly strong integration between the two, leading to a robust PDMS-based wearable antenna. A number of patch antennas have been designed, fabricated, and tested to validate the proposed concept and the results are presented, showing robust performance. The fabricated prototypes have a resonance frequency approximately at 2.46 GHz with a 10 dB return-loss bandwidth ranging from 3.3 to 5.7%.
AB - A new and simple fabrication method to realize robust flexible wearable antennas by combining conductive fabric and polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) is proposed. The conductive fabric acts as the conductive part of the antenna, while PDMS acts as the substrate as well as the encapsulation layers. The method takes advantage of the porous structure of the conductive fabric and the initial liquid form of PDMS to attain a significantly strong integration between the two, leading to a robust PDMS-based wearable antenna. A number of patch antennas have been designed, fabricated, and tested to validate the proposed concept and the results are presented, showing robust performance. The fabricated prototypes have a resonance frequency approximately at 2.46 GHz with a 10 dB return-loss bandwidth ranging from 3.3 to 5.7%.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85060089482&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ISMICT.2018.8573690
DO - 10.1109/ISMICT.2018.8573690
M3 - Conference proceeding contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85060089482
SN - 9781538633908
SP - 1
EP - 3
BT - The 12th International Symposium on Medical Information and Communication Technology, ISMICT 2018
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
CY - Piscataway, NJ
Y2 - 26 March 2018 through 28 March 2018
ER -