Wearable antenna using cotton as substrate

P ROJECT T EAM M EMBER : TEJASWINI SIRIMALLA, NIKHIL VANJARI, BHODANAPU NIHITH

S UPERVISOR N AME : D R .VIVEK RAGHUWANSHI
D EPARTMENT OF E LECTRONICS AND C OMMUNICATION E NGINEERING
V ISVESVARAYA N ATIONAL I NSTITUTE OF T ECHNOLOGY, N AGPUR -INDIA

P ROBLEM F ORMULATION L ITERATURE SURVEY

Enhancing Wearable Technology with
• In wearable technology, MD Rafiqul Islam and A. A. Elsheikh developed tiny, circularly
Microstrip Patch Antennas on Cotton
polarized, flexible wideband dipole textile antennas. They utilized fabric-based archi-
Substrates for various applications which
works in ISM frequency band of 2.4-2.4875 tectures, often employing inkjet printing and conductive materials like copper taffeta
GHz. within polyester textiles [2].
• Pranita Manish Potey and Kushal Tuckley concluded that the lesser values of substrate
dielectric constant are useful as it minimize surface wave losses and it is also helpful to
M OTIVATION guide the propagation of wave inside the substrate.[3]

Wearable antennas have grown in popularity in
recent years as a result of their appealing features
and prospects to actualize lightweight, compact,
low-cost and adaptable wireless communications
and surroundings. These antennas have to be
conformal and made of lightweight materials in a
low-profile arrangement when attached to
various parts of the human body.[1]
• On examination, A Pon Bharathi and Allan J Wilson proposed that the Rectangular
shaped Microstrip patch antenna gives better qualities when contrasted with that of Tri-
angular, Circular and Hexagonal formed Microstrip antenna.[4]
• Constantine.A.Balanis has derived the design equations of length and width of rectan-
gular microstrip patch antenna.[5]

T IME L INE
I NTRODUCTION
• Developing wearable antennas in-
volves selecting suitable conductive
and dielectric materials, considering
factors such as mechanical durability,
weather resistance, and electromag-
netic radiation protection.
• Antennas have evolved to incorporate
various fabric and non-fabric compo-
nents, with a focus on precise charac-
terization, particularly for fabric mate-
Figure: Graphical representation of Timeline
rials. Flexible fabrics are gaining pop-
ularity as substrates for wearable an-
tennas, achieved by weaving or apply-
ing conductive inks onto textiles, creat- M ETHODOLOGY
ing antennas that seamlessly blend into
clothing. 1.The wearable antenna will be designed in a low-
profile planar configuration, utilizing copper foil
and textile substrate. The dimensions of the rect-
R EFERENCES angular microstrip patch antenna will be evalu-
ated.
1. USMAN ALI, SADIQ ULLAH, BABAR
2. Then wearable antenna will be simulated on
KAMAL, LADISLAU MATEKOVITS AND
CST since we have the materials required and the
AMIR ALTAF, “Design, Analysis and Ap-
dimensions.
plications of Wearable Antennas: A Re-
3. And now the antenna will be fabricated.
view(2023)", IEEE Access, Vol. 10, pp.38406
4. The results obtained from the design made
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in CST will be compared with the fabricated
2. M. M. HASAN MAHFUZ, MD RAFIQUL antenna and the conclusion will be made.
ISLAM, CHAN-WANG PARK, ELFATIH
A. A. EL SHEIKH, NORUN ABDUL
MALEK AND NAZMUS SAKIB, "Wearable
Textile Patch Antenna: Challenges and Fu-
ture Directions(2022)", IEEE Access, April
2022
3. Pranita Manish Potey, Kushal Tuckley,
“Design of Wearable Textile Antenna with
Various Substrate and Investigate Fabric Figure: Flow process of the Designing Wearable
Selection.", IEEE, February 2018 antenna
[Medical Design Breifs]
4. A. Pon Bharathi , Allan J Wilson, S.
Arun and M. Kannan ,"Investigations Of
Microstrip Patch Antenna Using Different F UTURE GOALS C ONCLUSION
Shapes And Inset Feed At 2.45 Gigahertz
For Wireless Communications ",Article in We’ll experiment with various methods, Selection of suitable materials for the
Design Engineering, September 2021 antenna’s substrate, patch and ground are
like as screen printing, to create wearable
5. Constantine.A.Balanis,”Antenna Theory: antenna. Additionally, we’ll attempt to made. The design equations for the
Analysis and design”, John Wiley and make the antenna biodegradable. rectangular microstrip patch antenna are
Sons, Fourth Edition obtained.