Title: Frequency reconfigurable textile antenna using different conducting patch and fabric substrate for 2.45 GHz and 5.8 GHz

Authors: Sumit C. Charjan; R. Sreemathy; Shruti Terdalkar

Addresses: Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering (Microwave), Pune Institute of Computer Technology, Pune, Maharashtra, India ' Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering (Microwave), Pune Institute of Computer Technology, Pune, Maharashtra, India ' Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering (Microwave), Pune Institute of Computer Technology, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Abstract: This paper discusses a reconfigurable textile antenna designed on different fabric materials. The antenna is made up of cloth that can be used for frequency reconfigurability. There is a need to implement reconfigurable textile antenna. Fabric materials used as a substrate for this antenna are cotton, polyester, and nylon. Copper adhesive tape, silver conductive ink, and conductive paper are available in the market and are used as radiating material in the design of the textile antenna. In this paper, antennas are designed for 2.45 GHz and 5.8 GHz with frequency switching between these two frequencies. Three switches are used for frequency reconfigurability. When diodes are in OFF state then the antenna is tuned to 5.8 GHz and when diodes are in ON state then it is tuned to 2.45 GHz. There is a deviation of approximately 0.5 GHz in tuning frequency for both the antennas as compared to the simulated result.

Keywords: dielectric constant; diode; reconfigurable antenna; SAR; specific absorption rate; textiles; patch; substrate; fabric; cotton; conductive ink; copper tape; return loss.

DOI: 10.1504/IJWMC.2017.088542

International Journal of Wireless and Mobile Computing, 2017 Vol.13 No.3, pp.232 - 244

Received: 10 Aug 2016
Accepted: 21 Aug 2017

Published online: 11 Dec 2017 *

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