Inexpensive fabric antenna for off-body wireless sensor communication

Carter, Jason; Saberin, Jason R.; Shah, Tejal; Ananthanarayanan, P R Sai; Furse, Cynthia

doi:10.1109/aps.2010.5561753

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“…In [69,70] a flexible dual band PIFA was proposed for commercial smart clothing. An inexpensive textile patch antenna for off-body wireless sensor communications for monitoring patients at the 915 MHz Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) radio band is presented in [71]. Zelt was used for the conducting parts and felt for the substrate of this antenna.…”

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Embroidery and Related Manufacturing Techniques for Wearable Antennas: Challenges and Opportunities

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This paper will review the evolution of wearable textile antennas over the last couple of decades. Particular emphasis will be given to the process of embroidery. This technique is advantageous for the following reasons: (i) bespoke or mass produced designs can be manufactured using digitized embroidery machines; (ii) glue is not required and (iii) the designs are aesthetic and are integrated into clothing rather than being attached to it. The embroidery technique will be compared to alternative manufacturing processes. The challenges facing the industrial and public acceptance of this technology will be assessed. Hence, the key opportunities will be highlighted.

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“…Zelt was used for the conducting parts and felt for the substrate of this antenna. The cost per square meter of Zelt and Felt is equal to $20 [71]. With 1 square meter of these two materials we can fabricate about 5-6 such antennas.…”

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Embroidery and Related Manufacturing Techniques for Wearable Antennas: Challenges and Opportunities

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“…A large truncated patch antenna was presented in Ref. for off‐body communications. The antenna was circularly polarized and had a size of 40 x 40 cm 2 .…”

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Superstrate loaded miniaturized patch for biomedical telemetry

Mohamed

Muqaibel

Sharawi

2017

Micro & Optical Tech Letters

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A Superstrate loaded miniaturized patch antenna is proposed for biomedical applications. The targeted operating frequency is (902–928 MHz) ISM band with a center frequency of 915 MHz. The antenna is designed to operate in close proximity with human‐body with a size of 25 × 25 × 1.92 mm3. Parametric studies were conducted to specify the dominant parameters and to understand their effect on the antenna performance. Measurements show that the fabricated antenna resonates around 915 MHz with a 30 MHz impedance bandwidth. On‐skin measurement results are presented for several spots on the human‐body. Furthermore, the transmission coefficient (S21) of the fabricated antenna is measured using lean beef slices with various thicknesses and showed good agreement with simulation results. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 59:1212–1218, 2017

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“…Most of the antennas currently in use for wireless sensor node applications are planar [2]- [11], due to their low cost, ease of fabrication, and relatively high radiation efficiency. However, efficient planar antennas tend to have large cross-sectional areas.…”

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Development of Novel 3-D Cube Antennas for Compact Wireless Sensor Nodes

Nassar

Weller

2012

IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat.

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3-D antennas for narrow band, wireless sensor node applications are described herein. The antennas were designed on the surface of a cube which makes available the cube interior for sensor electronics placement. The layout of each antenna consists of a dipole fabricated on two sides of the cube and connected to a balanced-to-unbalanced line transition on the third side. The base of the cube serves as a ground plane for the microstrip feed line. The first cube antenna was designed for an operating frequency of 2.4 GHz and its 10 dB return loss bandwidth is 2%.of the proposed design is 0.55 and its measured gain is 1.69 dBi with 78% measured radiation efficiency. The second cube antenna is similar to the first one but it was loaded with high dielectric constant superstrates.of the second proposed antenna is 0.45, its measured gain is 1.25 dBi with 73% measured radiation efficiency and the bandwidth is 1.5%. The designs compare well with high efficiency, electrically small antennas that have been described in the open literature. A Wheeler Cap was used to measure the efficiency and the 3-antenna method was used for measuring the gain.Index Terms-3-D antennas, balanced, dipole antennas, electrically small antennas, Wheeler cap method, wireless sensor networks (WSNs).

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Inexpensive fabric antenna for off-body wireless sensor communication

Cited by 10 publications

References 8 publications

Embroidery and Related Manufacturing Techniques for Wearable Antennas: Challenges and Opportunities

Embroidery and Related Manufacturing Techniques for Wearable Antennas: Challenges and Opportunities

Superstrate loaded miniaturized patch for biomedical telemetry

Development of Novel 3-D Cube Antennas for Compact Wireless Sensor Nodes

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