Novel Wearable Radio-Frequency Antennas Based on Woven Conductive Fabrics


Dolapci T., Baloglu M. S., MUTLU F., ERGÜL Ö. S.

18th Mediterranean Microwave Symposium (MMS), İstanbul, Türkiye, 31 Ekim - 02 Kasım 2018, ss.61-63, (Tam Metin Bildiri) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Basıldığı Şehir: İstanbul
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Türkiye
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.61-63
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this study, a new practical method for fast fabrication of low-cost wearable antennas is introduced. The antennas are directly cut from woven conductive fabrics, while their terminals are connected to microchips by using a repair glue. Following simple trials to demonstrate the fabrication procedure, high-performance radio-frequency antennas that are suitable for the proposed method are designed in a simulation environment based on the multilevel fast multipole algorithm and genetic algorithms. Simulations and measurements on fabricated samples demonstrate very good agreement, showing the feasibility of low-cost, lightweight, flexible, and wearable antennas to be fabricated via the proposed approach.