Wideband Flexible Textile Antenna with Parasitic Shorted Strips for Body-Centric Communications

Shengjian Jammy Chen, Zhihan Xu, Christophe Fumeaux

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Abstract

A wearable wideband textile patch antenna with two parasitic shorted strips for off-body communications is presented. The antenna exhibits excellent mechanical resilience thanks to a highly flexible polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) substrate and metallized textile conductor. Two parasitic shorted strips are introduced to create a new resonance which significantly widens the overall antenna bandwidth. A stable broadside radiation lobe is generated over the operation frequency from 5.4 to 6.0 GHz for off-body communications, covering part of the 5 GHz Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) bands and the 5.8 GHz Industrial, Scientific, and Medical (ISM) bands. The antenna design is fabricated and experimentally validated, with a qualitative agreement between simulation and measurement suggesting that the proposed antenna can be utilized for off-body communications.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2022 16th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP)
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9788831299046
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022
Event16th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2022 - Madrid, Spain
Duration: 27 Mar 20221 Apr 2022

Publication series

Name2022 16th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2022

Conference

Conference16th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2022
Country/TerritorySpain
CityMadrid
Period27/03/221/04/22

Keywords

  • flexible antennas
  • Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)
  • textile antennas
  • wearable antennas

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