UWB antennas on conductive textiles

Asimina Kiourti; John L. Volakis; Roy B V B Simorangkir; Syed Muzahir Abbas; Karu P. Esselle

doi:10.1109/APS.2016.7696677

UWB antennas on conductive textiles

Asimina Kiourti, John L. Volakis, Roy B V B Simorangkir, Syed Muzahir Abbas, Karu P. Esselle

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Abstract

Textile antennas fabricated using conductive E-threads are highly attractive for applications requiring conformality, flexibility, and robustness. However, most E-thread antennas reported to date operate at frequencies < 3 GHz. This is because of losses at higher frequencies, typically associated with surface roughness and imperfect metallization. In this work, we study the performance of ultra wideband (UWB) textile antennas at much higher frequencies. Specifically, we fabricated and studied the performance of: a) a textile spiral antenna operating at 1-6 GHz, and b) a textile patch antenna operating at 3-11 GHz. As expected, losses increase with frequency. However, results show that the textile antennas can still operate up to 11 GHz. In this case, the achieved realized gain is about 5 dB lower than simulations based on perfect electric conducting (PEC) surfaces.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2016 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, APSURSI 2016 - Proceedings
Place of Publication	Piscataway, NJ
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages	1941-1942
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509028863
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/APS.2016.7696677
Publication status	Published - 25 Oct 2016
Event	2016 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, APSURSI 2016 - Fajardo, Puerto Rico Duration: 26 Jun 2016 → 1 Jul 2016

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Other	2016 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, APSURSI 2016
Country/Territory	Puerto Rico
City	Fajardo
Period	26/06/16 → 1/07/16

Keywords

conductive textiles
E-threads
embroidered antennas
flexible antennas
UWB textile antennas

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Kiourti, A, Volakis, JL, Simorangkir, RBVB, Abbas, SM & Esselle, KP 2016, UWB antennas on conductive textiles. in 2016 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, APSURSI 2016 - Proceedings., 7696677, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Piscataway, NJ, pp. 1941-1942, 2016 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, APSURSI 2016, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, 26/06/16. https://doi.org/10.1109/APS.2016.7696677

UWB antennas on conductive textiles. / Kiourti, Asimina; Volakis, John L.; Simorangkir, Roy B V B et al.

2016 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, APSURSI 2016 - Proceedings. Piscataway, NJ : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2016. p. 1941-1942 7696677.

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