Printed non-metallic textile-based carbon antenna for low-cost green wearable applications
Printed non-metallic textile-based carbon antenna for low-cost green wearable applications
Anticipated by 2035, a trillion wirelessly connected Internet of Everything (IoE) devices will be deployed. Therefore, sustainable and low-cost antennas are crucial for enabling an environmentally-friendly IoE. We present the first non-metallic carbon-based microstrip patch antenna implemented on textiles for wearable applications. The antenna is fabricated on a standard felt/woven-polyester fabric substrate using stencil casting and demonstrated for S-band applications. The antenna maintains a wide 10% fractional bandwidth from 3.16 to 3.49 GHz and achieves at least 30% radiation efficiency, 10.4 dBi measured directivity, and 6.1 dBi measured gain. It is demonstrated that non-metallic carbon-based antennas are suitable for future wearable IoE applications.
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Wagih, Mahmoud
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Yong, Sheng
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Yang, Kai
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Weddell, Alexander
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Beeby, Steve
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Yang, Kai
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Wagih, Mahmoud, Yong, Sheng, Yang, Kai, Weddell, Alexander and Beeby, Steve
(2021)
Printed non-metallic textile-based carbon antenna for low-cost green wearable applications.
In European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, 2022 (EuCAP).
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Abstract
Anticipated by 2035, a trillion wirelessly connected Internet of Everything (IoE) devices will be deployed. Therefore, sustainable and low-cost antennas are crucial for enabling an environmentally-friendly IoE. We present the first non-metallic carbon-based microstrip patch antenna implemented on textiles for wearable applications. The antenna is fabricated on a standard felt/woven-polyester fabric substrate using stencil casting and demonstrated for S-band applications. The antenna maintains a wide 10% fractional bandwidth from 3.16 to 3.49 GHz and achieves at least 30% radiation efficiency, 10.4 dBi measured directivity, and 6.1 dBi measured gain. It is demonstrated that non-metallic carbon-based antennas are suitable for future wearable IoE applications.
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Wagih_EuCAP_CarbonPatch
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Accepted/In Press date: 28 December 2021
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European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, , Madrid, Spain, 2022-03-27 - 2022-04-01
Keywords:
antennas, e-textile, carbon antenna, non-metal antenna, green antenna, biodegradable antennas, wearable antenna, carbon black, flexible antenna, RF carbon, carbon-based electronics, printed carbon antenna, printed green antenna, printed non-metal antenna, polymer antenna
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Local EPrints ID: 454286
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/454286
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Date deposited: 07 Feb 2022 17:30
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Mahmoud Wagih
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Sheng Yong
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Alexander Weddell
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Steve Beeby
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