TY - GEN
T1 - Reconfigurable textile-based ultra-wideband antenna for wearable applications
AU - Da Conceicao Andrade, Aline
AU - Fonseca, Izabela Paulino
AU - Jilani, Syeda Fizzah
AU - Alomainy, Akram
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 European Association of Antennas and Propagation.
Copyright:
Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2016/5/31
Y1 - 2016/5/31
N2 - This paper presents a compact reconfigurable wearable antenna implemented on a fabric substrate. The proposed antenna is capable of frequency reconfiguration to operate on bands, such as ISM, Wi-Fi and Wi-Max in Ultra-wideband frequency range. The antenna also provides radiation pattern reconfiguration allowing for three distinct operation modes. The optimized dimensions of the antenna are 50×42×1.3 mm3. The materials used for the substrate are cotton and leather, combined with fabric copper or conducting thread embroidery to construct the metal part of antenna. Five different prototypes are designed and experimentally evaluated. The proposed antenna is characterized by simplicity, compactness and versatility, which makes it a smart solution for cognitive radio devices and wearable applications.
AB - This paper presents a compact reconfigurable wearable antenna implemented on a fabric substrate. The proposed antenna is capable of frequency reconfiguration to operate on bands, such as ISM, Wi-Fi and Wi-Max in Ultra-wideband frequency range. The antenna also provides radiation pattern reconfiguration allowing for three distinct operation modes. The optimized dimensions of the antenna are 50×42×1.3 mm3. The materials used for the substrate are cotton and leather, combined with fabric copper or conducting thread embroidery to construct the metal part of antenna. Five different prototypes are designed and experimentally evaluated. The proposed antenna is characterized by simplicity, compactness and versatility, which makes it a smart solution for cognitive radio devices and wearable applications.
KW - antenna
KW - reconfigurable
KW - textile-based
KW - ultra-wideband
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84979202528&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/EuCAP.2016.7481854
DO - 10.1109/EuCAP.2016.7481854
M3 - Conference Proceeding (Non-Journal item)
AN - SCOPUS:84979202528
T3 - 2016 10th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2016
BT - 2016 10th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2016
PB - IEEE Press
T2 - 10th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2016
Y2 - 10 April 2016 through 15 April 2016
ER -