TY - GEN
T1 - A polarization/frequency interchangeable patch for a modular wearable textile antenna
AU - Chen, Shengjian Jammy
AU - Ranasinghe, Damith Chinthana
AU - Fumeaux, Christophe
PY - 2017/5/15
Y1 - 2017/5/15
N2 - A concept of modular textile antennas based on commercial snap-on buttons has been recently proposed for wearable applications. This concept has been demonstrated to provide passive system reconfigurabilities in resonance frequency, polarization and/or radiation characteristics using a common feeding structure as a base. In this paper, as a further illustration of the versatility of the modular concept, a circular patch module with a rectangular flap cut in the middle is proposed. This module can provide interchangeability between right-handed circular polarization (RHCP), left-handed circular polarization (LHCP) and linear polarization (LP), as well as passive reconfigurability in resonance frequency for LP, through simple module rotation and different flap configurations (opened or closed).
AB - A concept of modular textile antennas based on commercial snap-on buttons has been recently proposed for wearable applications. This concept has been demonstrated to provide passive system reconfigurabilities in resonance frequency, polarization and/or radiation characteristics using a common feeding structure as a base. In this paper, as a further illustration of the versatility of the modular concept, a circular patch module with a rectangular flap cut in the middle is proposed. This module can provide interchangeability between right-handed circular polarization (RHCP), left-handed circular polarization (LHCP) and linear polarization (LP), as well as passive reconfigurability in resonance frequency for LP, through simple module rotation and different flap configurations (opened or closed).
KW - Modular antennas
KW - polarization reconfigurable
KW - snap-on buttons
KW - textile antennas
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85020215987&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://purl.org/au-research/grants/ARC/DP160103039
U2 - 10.23919/EuCAP.2017.7928516
DO - 10.23919/EuCAP.2017.7928516
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85020215987
T3 - 2017 11th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EUCAP 2017
SP - 2483
EP - 2486
BT - 2017 11th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EUCAP 2017
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
T2 - 11th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EUCAP 2017
Y2 - 19 March 2017 through 24 March 2017
ER -