scholarly journals Breathable Textile Rectangular Ring Microstrip Patch Antenna at 2.45 GHz for Wearable Applications

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 1635
Author(s):  
Abdul Wahab Memon ◽  
Igor Lima de Paula ◽  
Benny Malengier ◽  
Simona Vasile ◽  
Patrick Van Torre ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Vapor ◽  
Patch Antenna ◽  
Ground Plane ◽  
Water Vapor Permeability ◽  
Air Permeability ◽  
Microstrip Patch Antenna ◽  
Vapor Permeability ◽  
Microstrip Patch ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Easy Integration

A textile patch antenna is an attractive package for wearable applications as it offers flexibility, less weight, easy integration into the garment and better comfort to the wearer. When it comes to wearability, above all, comfort comes ahead of the rest of the properties. The air permeability and the water vapor permeability of textiles are linked to the thermophysiological comfort of the wearer as they help to improve the breathability of textiles. This paper includes the construction of a breathable textile rectangular ring microstrip patch antenna with improved water vapor permeability. A selection of high air permeable conductive fabrics and 3-dimensional knitted spacer dielectric substrates was made to ensure better water vapor permeability of the breathable textile rectangular ring microstrip patch antenna. To further improve the water vapor permeability of the breathable textile rectangular ring microstrip patch antenna, a novel approach of inserting a large number of small-sized holes of 1 mm diameter in the conductive layers (the patch and the ground plane) of the antenna was adopted. Besides this, the insertion of a large number of small-sized holes improved the flexibility of the rectangular ring microstrip patch antenna. The result was a breathable perforated (with small-sized holes) textile rectangular ring microstrip patch antenna with the water vapor permeability as high as 5296.70 g/m2 per day, an air permeability as high as 510 mm/s, and with radiation gains being 4.2 dBi and 5.4 dBi in the E-plane and H-plane, respectively. The antenna was designed to resonate for the Industrial, Scientific and Medical band at a specific 2.45 GHz frequency.

scholarly journals Characteristics of Knitted Structures Produced by Engineered Polyester Yarns and Their Blends in Terms of Thermal Comfort

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 155892501501000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nida Oğlakcioğlu ◽  
Ahmet Çay ◽  
Arzu Marmarali ◽  
Emel Mert
Keyword(s):  
Water Vapor ◽  
Thermal Comfort ◽  
Moisture Transfer ◽  
Water Vapor Permeability ◽  
Air Permeability ◽  
Vapor Permeability ◽  
Moisture Management ◽  
Thermal Comfort Properties ◽  
Knitted Structure ◽  
Drying Properties

Engineered yarns are used to provide better clothing comfort for summer garments because of their high levels of moisture and water vapor management. The aim of this study was to investigate the characteristics of knitted structures that were produced using different types of polyester yarns in order to achieve better thermal comfort properties for summer clothing. However they are relatively expensive. Therefore, in this study engineered polyester yarns were combined with cotton and lyocell yarns by plying. This way, the pronounced characteristics of these yarns were added to the knitted structure as well. Channeled polyester, hollow polyester, channeled/hollow blended polyester, cotton, and lyocell yarns were plied with each other and themselves. Then, single jersey structures were knitted using these ply yarn combinations and air permeability, thermal resistance, thermal absorptivity, water vapor permeability, moisture management, and drying properties were tested. The results indicate that channeled PES fabrics are advantageous for hot climates and high physical activities with regards to high permeability and moisture transfer and also to fast drying properties. Besides, air permeability and thermal properties improved through the combination of lyocell yarn with engineered polyester yarns. However, the use of lyocell or cotton with engineered yarns resulted in a to a decrease in moisture management properties and an increase in drying times

Dual-Band Proximity Coupled Feed Microstrip Patch Antenna with ‘T’ Slot on the Radiating Patch and ‘Dumbbell’ Shaped Defected Ground Structure

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 435 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dawit Fitsum ◽  
Dilip Mali ◽  
Mohammed Ismail
Keyword(s):  
Patch Antenna ◽  
Return Loss ◽  
Ground Plane ◽  
Microstrip Patch Antenna ◽  
Dual Band ◽  
Defected Ground Structure ◽  
Ground Structure ◽  
Wireless Applications ◽  
Microstrip Patch ◽  
Rectangular Microstrip Patch Antenna

<p>This paper presents Dual-Band proximity coupled feed rectangular Microstrip patch antenna with slots on the radiating patch and Defected Ground Structure. Initially a simple proximity coupled feed rectangular Microstrip patch antenna resonating at 2.4 GHz is designed. Etching out a ‘Dumbbell’ shaped defect from the ground plane and ‘T’ shaped slot from the radiating patch of the proximity coupled feed rectangular Microstrip patch antenna, results in a Dual-Band operation, i.e., resonating at 2.4 GHz and 4.5 GHz; with 30.3 % and 18.8% reduction in the overall area of the patch and the ground plane of the reference antenna respectively. The proposed antenna resonates in S-band at frequency of 2.4 GHz with bandwidth of 123.6 MHz and C-band at frequency of 4.5 GHz with bandwidth of 200 MHz, and a very good return loss of -22.1818 dB and -19.0839 dB at resonant frequency of 2.4 GHz and 4.5 GHz respectively is obtained. The proposed antenna is useful for different wireless applications in the S-band and C-band.</p>

Circularly Polarized Rectangular Microstrip Patch Antenna with Finite Ground Plane

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 74
Author(s):  
Sanyog Rawat ◽  
Kamlesh Kumar Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Patch Antenna ◽  
Return Loss ◽  
Ground Plane ◽  
Axial Ratio ◽  
Microstrip Patch Antenna ◽  
Simulation Software ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Circularly Polarized ◽  
Microstrip Patch ◽  
Rectangular Patch

<p class="Abstract"><span style="font-weight: normal;">In this paper a new geometry of patch antenna is proposed with improved bandwidth and circular polarization. The radiation performance of circularly polarized rectangular patch antenna is investigated by applying IE3D simulation software and its performance is compared with that of conventional rectangular patch antenna.</span> <span style="font-weight: normal;">Finite Ground truncation technique is used to obtain the desired results. The simulated return loss, axial ratio and smith chart with frequency for the proposed antenna is reported in this paper. It is shown that by selecting suitable ground-plane dimensions, air gap and location of the slits, the impedance bandwidth can be enhanced upto 10.15 % as compared to conventional rectangular patch (4.24%) with an axial ratio bandwidth of 4.05%.</span></p><p> </p><p> </p>

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