A Reconfiguration Module with Coplanar Snap-On Connection for Wearable Textile Antennas

Quoc Hung Dang, Shengjian Jammy Chen, Damith Chinthana Ranasinghe, Christophe Fumeaux

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Abstract

A reconfiguration module based on a small printed circuit board (PCB) and commercial snap-on buttons for reconfigurable flexible textile antennas is proposed. The concept consists of a small PCB loaded with a reconfigurable circuitry including active and lumped components, which is combined with a pair of commercial male snap-on buttons for electrical connection to conductive textiles. The reconfiguration module can provide a secure and robust coplanar electrical connection between rigid electronics and flexible textile conductors, which is usually challenging for textile antennas. To validate this module concept, a frequency-reconfigurable planar inverted-F antenna using a varactor-based module realization is designed and simulated. The antenna is predicted to exhibit a frequency tuning range of 24.9% from 2.14 to 2.75 GHz with efficiency from 60.1% to 89.4%.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2019 IEEE Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference, APMC 2019
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages613-615
Number of pages3
ISBN (Electronic)9781728135175
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2019
Externally publishedYes
Event2019 IEEE Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference, APMC 2019 - Singapore
Duration: 10 Dec 201913 Dec 2019

Publication series

NameAsia-Pacific Microwave Conference Proceedings, APMC
Volume2019-December

Conference

Conference2019 IEEE Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference, APMC 2019
CitySingapore
Period10/12/1913/12/19

Keywords

  • Flexible antennas
  • Planar inverted-F antenna (PIFA)
  • Reconfigurable antennas
  • Textile antennas
  • Wearable antennas

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