Circularly Polarized Wearable Antenna Based on NinjaFlex-Embedded Conductive Fabric
A circularly polarized (CP) wearable antenna based on the FDM (fused deposition modeling) technology is proposed. Conductive fabric is used to realize conductive parts of the patch antenna on the NinjaFlex substrate. The antenna is encapsulated with additional layers of NinjaFlex. Modified patch ens...
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| description | A circularly polarized (CP) wearable antenna based on the FDM (fused deposition modeling) technology is proposed. Conductive fabric is used to realize conductive parts of the patch antenna on the NinjaFlex substrate. The antenna is encapsulated with additional layers of NinjaFlex. Modified patch ensures the CP character at 2.45 GHz. Bending and washing tests are conducted to check the performance stability, and good agreement between simulated and measured results is observed. The experimental results illustrate that the antenna holds 11% 10 dB S11 bandwidth and around 70 MHz 3 dB axial ratio bandwidth. In addition, surface current analysis is also given to understand the operating mechanism of CP wave. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-45db64fbc8c349fab268a756bec3a03e2025-08-20T03:36:11ZengWileyInternational Journal of Antennas and Propagation1687-58691687-58772019-01-01201910.1155/2019/30594803059480Circularly Polarized Wearable Antenna Based on NinjaFlex-Embedded Conductive FabricJianxiong Li0Yuchen Jiang1Xiaoming Zhao2School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Tianjin Polytechnic University, Tianjin 300387, ChinaSchool of Electronics and Information Engineering, Tianjin Polytechnic University, Tianjin 300387, ChinaSchool of Textile Science and Engineering, Tianjin Polytechnic University, Tianjin 300387, ChinaA circularly polarized (CP) wearable antenna based on the FDM (fused deposition modeling) technology is proposed. Conductive fabric is used to realize conductive parts of the patch antenna on the NinjaFlex substrate. The antenna is encapsulated with additional layers of NinjaFlex. Modified patch ensures the CP character at 2.45 GHz. Bending and washing tests are conducted to check the performance stability, and good agreement between simulated and measured results is observed. The experimental results illustrate that the antenna holds 11% 10 dB S11 bandwidth and around 70 MHz 3 dB axial ratio bandwidth. In addition, surface current analysis is also given to understand the operating mechanism of CP wave.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/3059480 |
| spellingShingle | Jianxiong Li Yuchen Jiang Xiaoming Zhao Circularly Polarized Wearable Antenna Based on NinjaFlex-Embedded Conductive Fabric International Journal of Antennas and Propagation |
| title | Circularly Polarized Wearable Antenna Based on NinjaFlex-Embedded Conductive Fabric |
| title_full | Circularly Polarized Wearable Antenna Based on NinjaFlex-Embedded Conductive Fabric |
| title_fullStr | Circularly Polarized Wearable Antenna Based on NinjaFlex-Embedded Conductive Fabric |
| title_full_unstemmed | Circularly Polarized Wearable Antenna Based on NinjaFlex-Embedded Conductive Fabric |
| title_short | Circularly Polarized Wearable Antenna Based on NinjaFlex-Embedded Conductive Fabric |
| title_sort | circularly polarized wearable antenna based on ninjaflex embedded conductive fabric |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/3059480 |
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