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Performance Study of Screen-Printed Textile Antennas after Repeated Washing

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The stability of wearable textile antennas after 20 reference washing cycles was evaluated by measuring the reflection coefficient of different antenna prototypes. The prototypes’ conductive parts were screen-printed on several textile substrates using two different silver-based conductive inks. The necessity of coating the antennas with a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) coating was investigated by comparing coated with uncoated antennas. It is shown that covering the antennas with the TPU layer not only protects the screen-printed conductive area but also prevents delamination of the multilayered textile fabric substrates, making the antennas washable for up to 20 cycles. Furthermore, it is proven that coating is not necessary for maintaining antenna operation and this up to 20 washing cycles. However, connector detachment caused by friction during the washing process was the main problem of antenna performance degradation. Hence, other flexible, durable methods should be developed for establishing a stable electrical connection.
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47--54
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Bibliogr. 24 poz.
Twórcy
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  • Ghent University, Department of Textiles, Technologiepark 907, 9052 Zwijnaarde, Belgium
  • Polytechnic University of Tirana, Department of Textile and Fashion
autor
  • Ghent University, Department of Information Technology, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
  • Interuniversity Micro Electronics Center (IMEC), Kapeldreef 75, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
  • Ghent University, Department of Information Technology, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
autor
  • Ghent University, Department of Textiles, Technologiepark 907, 9052 Zwijnaarde, Belgium
autor
  • Ghent University, Department of Information Technology, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
  • Interuniversity Micro Electronics Center (IMEC), Kapeldreef 75, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
  • Ghent University, Department of Information Technology, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
autor
  • Ghent University, Department of Electronics and Information Systems, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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  • Polytechnic University of Tirana, Department of Textile and Fashion, Square ‘Mother Teresa’, No.4, Tirana, Albania
  • Ghent University, Department of Textiles, Technologiepark 907, 9052 Zwijnaarde, Belgium
Bibliografia
  • 1. Osman M.A.R, Rahim M.K.A, Samsuri N.A, Salim H.A.M, Ali M.F. Embroideredfullytextilewereableantennaformedicalmonitoringapplications. (2011). Progress In Electromagnetics Research, 117: 321-337.
  • 2. Hertleer C, Rogier H, Vallozzi L, and Van Langenhove L. A Textile Antenna for Off-Body Communication Integrated Into Protective Clothing for Firefighters. (2009). IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 57: 919-925.
  • 3. Vallozzi L, Van Torre P, Hertleer C, Rogier H, Moeneclaey M, Verhaevert J. Wireless communication for firefighters using dual-polarized textile antennas integrated in their garment. (2010). IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 58: 1357-1368.
  • 4. Lilja J, Salonen P. Textile material characterization for soft wear antennas.( 2009). IEEE conference on Military communications. pp. 628-634. ISBN 978-1- 4244-5238-5.
  • 5. Hertleer C, Tronquo A, Rogier H, Van Langenhove L. The use of textile materials to design wearable microstrip patch antennas.( 2008) Textile Research Journal, 78:651-658.
  • 6. Hertleer C, Van Langenhove, Rogier H. Printed Textile Antennas for Off-Body Communication. (2008). Advances in Science and Technology, 60: 64-66.
  • 7. Wang G. H, Zhu C.H, Xu C.Y. Development and performance study of microstrip patch textile antenna. (2011). pp. 450-453. ISBN 978-3-03785-011-4.
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  • 12. Kennedy T.F, Fink P.W, Chu A.W, Champagne N.J, Lin G. Y, Khayat M.A. Body-Worn E-Textile Antennas: The Good, the Low-Mass, and the Conformal. (2009). IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 57: 910-918.
  • 13. Subramaniam S, Gupta B. Design and development of flexible fabric antenna for body-worn application and its performance study under flat and bent positions. (2011). Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 53: 2004-2011.
  • 14. Hertleer C. Design of planar antennas based on textile materials. (2009). pp. 125-137. ISBN987-90- 8578-297-1.
  • 15. Zhu Sh, Langley R. Dual-Band Wearable Textile Antenna on an EBG Substrate. (2009). IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 57: 926- 935.
  • 16. Scarpello M L, Kazani I, Hertleer C, Rogier H, and Vande Ginste D. Stability and Efficiency of Screen- Printed Wearable and Washable Antennas. (2012). IEEE Antennas and wireless propagation letters, 11: 838-841.
  • 17. Kazani I, Hertleer C, Mey G. D, Schwarz A, Guxho G, Van LangenhoveL. Electrical conductive textiles through screen printing. (2012) Fibres & Textiles in Eastern Europe; 1 (90): 57-63.
  • 18. Kim Y, Kim H, Yoo H.J. Electrical Characterization of Screen-Printed Circuits on the Fabric. (2010). IEEE Transactions on Advanced Packaging, 33: 196-205.
  • 19. Kellomäki T, Virkki J, Merilampi S, Ukkonen L. Towards Washable Wearable Antennas: A comparison of Coating materials for screen-printed textile-based UHF RFID tags. (2012). International Journal of Antennas and Propagation
  • 20. Declercq F, Rogier H. Active Integrated Wearable Textile Antenna With Optimized Noise Characteristics. (2010). IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 58: 3050-3054.
  • 21. Subramaniam S, Gupta B. Determination of dielectric constant of fabric materials and their use as substrates for design and development of antennas for wereable applications. (2010). IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 59: 3122- 3130.
  • 22. Hertleer C, Laere A. V, Rogier H, Van Langenhove L. Influence of Relative Humidity on Textile Antenna Performance. (2009).Textile Research Journal, 80: 177-183.
  • 23. Declercq F, Rogier H, Hertleer C. Permittivity and Loss Tangent Characterization for Garment Antennas Based on a New Matrix-Pencil Two-Line Method.(2008). IEEE Transactions on antennas and propagation, 56: 2548-2554.
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