Printing of Wearable Antenna on Textile

Autor: Fauziahanim Che Seman, Samsul Haimi Dahlan, Muhammad Musawwir M Nor Nazli, Che Ku Afifah Che Ku Alam, Nurhaffizah Hassan, R K Khirotdin, Muhammad Adzeem Mahadzir
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: MATEC Web of Conferences, Vol 150, p 04001 (2018)
ISSN: 2261-236X
DOI: 10.1051/matecconf/201815004001
Popis: A wearable antenna which is meant to be a part of the clothing used for communication purposes includes tracking, navigation and mobile computing has been seen in demand due to the recent miniaturization of wireless devices. Printing of conductive ink provides flexibility properties on electronics thus allowing it to be used on conformal surfaces. However, the current printing techniques mostly suffer from ink incompatibility and limited of substrates to be printed with. Hence, this paper intend to discloses the printing of wearable antenna using alternative technique via syringe-based deposition system with conductive ink on textile. A validation between simulation and measurement of return loss, (S11) and radiation pattern of the antenna printed is also performed. It was found that a functional antenna is successfully printed on textile since the performances obtained are as expected. The antenna resonated at a minimum resonant frequency of 1.82 GHz which the S11 gathered at-18.90 dB. The radiation pattern for both simulation and measurement is as predicted since both have a larger magnitude of the main lobe than the side lobe. The magnitude of the main lobe from measurement was observed to be 8.83 dB higher than the magnitude of the main lobe of the simulation which is only 3.77 dB. It is proven that the syringe-based deposition system is capable of printing functional antenna on textile.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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