Stitched Ground Planes for Textile Antenna Application: An Experimental Study
Open Access
- 1 January 2021
- journal article
- Published by Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. in Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation
- Vol. 09 (02), 11-25
- https://doi.org/10.4236/ojapr.2021.92002
Abstract
This paper presents an application of stitched ground plane for microstrip patch antenna design. In this work Matlab interface to computer embroidery techniques were used to implement the felt and denim substrates on microstrip patch antenna. These antennas were simulated using a commercial full 3D electromagnetic CST Microwave Studio 2019. A method to optimize the stitch patterns with conductive thread for antenna ground plane for 2.45 GHz industrial, scientific, and medical (ISM) band and 5 GHz wearable wireless local area networks (WLAN) frequencies was achieved. Rigid and flexible wearable antennas (microstrip patch antennas) were fabricated using the stitched ground plane. The electrical resistance was reduced between the meshes during the stitching design process. Results in terms of bandwidth, radiation patterns and reflection coefficients (S11) are presented.Keywords
This publication has 18 references indexed in Scilit:
- Non‐uniform mesh for embroidered microstrip antennasIET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation, 2017
- Enhancementof gain, bandwidth and directivity of a patch antenna by increasing dielectric layers of the substrate through micromachining technique for RFID applicationPublished by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) ,2015
- Embroidered Wire Dipole Antennas Using Novel Copper YarnsIEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, 2014
- Fiber‐Based Wearable Electronics: A Review of Materials, Fabrication, Devices, and ApplicationsAdvanced Materials, 2014
- High performance flexible fabric electronics for megahertz frequency communicationsPublished by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) ,2011
- Wearable monopole zip antennaElectronics Letters, 2011
- Modern Antenna DesignPublished by Wiley ,2005
- Dual-band wearable textile antennaPublished by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) ,2004
- A small planar inverted-F antenna for wearable applicationsPublished by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) ,2003
- Measurements of the complex permittivity of microwave circuit board substrates using split dielectric resonator and reentrant cavity techniquesPublished by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) ,1996