Miniaturization and Electromagnetic Reliability of Wearable Textile Antennas
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials, Design and Experimental
2.1. Materials
2.2. Fabrication of Antennas
2.3. Antenna Performance Test
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Design of The Slotted Antenna
3.2. The Prototype of the Slotted Antenna
3.3. Design and Loading of the AMC on the Antenna
3.4. The Performance of Textile Slotted Microstrip Antenna
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Parameter (mm) | Parameter (mm) | Parameter (mm) | Parameter (mm) | ||||
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Wa | 70 | L2 | 1 | L7 | 14 | L12 | 18 |
La | 70 | L3 | 10 | L8 | 1 | L13 | 0.8 |
Wb | 43 | L4 | 1 | L9 | 1 | L14 | 14 |
Lb | 43 | L5 | 10 | L10 | 16 | h | 3 |
L1 | 16 | L6 | 10 | L11 | 12 |
Tissues | Conductivity (S/m) | Relative Permittivity | Loss Tangent |
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Skin | 1.464 | 38.007 | 0.28262 |
Fat | 0.10452 | 5.2801 | 0.14524 |
Muscle | 1.7388 | 52.729 | 0.24194 |
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Yao, L.; Li, E.; Yan, J.; Shan, Z.; Ruan, X.; Shen, Z.; Ren, Y.; Yang, J. Miniaturization and Electromagnetic Reliability of Wearable Textile Antennas. Electronics 2021, 10, 994. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10090994
Yao L, Li E, Yan J, Shan Z, Ruan X, Shen Z, Ren Y, Yang J. Miniaturization and Electromagnetic Reliability of Wearable Textile Antennas. Electronics. 2021; 10(9):994. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10090994
Chicago/Turabian StyleYao, Lan, Erhong Li, Jiangshan Yan, Zhiyong Shan, Xinyi Ruan, Zhiyi Shen, Yueying Ren, and Jiahua Yang. 2021. "Miniaturization and Electromagnetic Reliability of Wearable Textile Antennas" Electronics 10, no. 9: 994. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10090994
APA StyleYao, L., Li, E., Yan, J., Shan, Z., Ruan, X., Shen, Z., Ren, Y., & Yang, J. (2021). Miniaturization and Electromagnetic Reliability of Wearable Textile Antennas. Electronics, 10(9), 994. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10090994