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
Microstrip Patch Antennas on Cotton
Substrates for various applications which
works in ISM frequency band of 2.4-2.4875
GHz.
M OTIVATION
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]
• Constantine.A.Balanis,”Antenna Theory: Analysis and design”,John Wiley and
Sons, Fourth Edition.[2], the design equations for rectangular microstrip patch an-
tenna were obtained
• In wearable technology, MD Rafiqul Islam and A. A. Elsheikh developed tiny, circularly
polarized, flexible wideband dipole textile antennas. They utilized fabric-based archi-
tectures, often employing inkjet printing and conductive materials like copper taffeta
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
guide the propagation of wave inside the substrate.[3]
• 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
Triangular, Circular and Hexagonal formed Microstrip antenna.[4]

T IME L INE
I NTRODUCTION
• The development of wearable anten-
nas requires a thoughtful choice of con-
ductive and dielectric materials, tak-
ing into account factors like mechan-
ical durability, resistance to weather
conditions, and protection against elec-
tromagnetic radiation.
• These antennas have evolved to in-
corporate a variety of fabric and non-
fabric components. Precise characteri-
zation of these textiles is crucial, espe-
Figure: Graphical representation of Timeline
cially when dealing with fabric mate-
rials. Among these, flexible fabrics are
becoming increasingly popular as sub-
strates for wearable antennas. By ei- M ETHODOLOGY
ther weaving or applying conductive
inks onto these textiles, it’s possible to 1.The wearable antenna will be designed in a low-
create antennas that seamlessly blend profile planar configuration, utilizing copper foil
and textile substrate. The dimensions of the rect-
into clothing.
angular microstrip patch antenna will be evalu-
ated.
2. Then wearable antenna will be simulated on
R EFERENCES CST since we have the materials required and the
1. USMAN ALI, SADIQ ULLAH, BABAR dimensions.
KAMAL, LADISLAU MATEKOVITS AND 3. And now the antenna will be fabricated.
AMIR ALTAF, “Design, Analysis and Ap- 4. The results obtained from the design made
plications of Wearable Antennas: A Re- in CST will be compared with the fabricated
view(2023)", IEEE Access, Vol. 10, pp.38406 antenna and the conclusion will be made.
- 38427, March 2022 ,
2. M. M. HASAN MAHFUZ, MD RAFIQUL
ISLAM, CHAN-WANG PARK, ELFATIH
A. A. EL SHEIKH, F. M. SULIMAN, MO-
HAMED HADI HABAEBI, NORUN AB-
DUL MALEK AND NAZMUS SAKIB,
"Wearable Textile Patch Antenna: Chal-
lenges and Future Directions(2022)", IEEE
Access, April 2022 Figure: Flow process of the Designing Wearable
antenna
3. Pranita Manish Potey, Kushal Tuckley,
“Design of Wearable Textile Antenna with medicaldesign
Various Substrate and Investigate Fabric
Selection.", IEEE, February 2018 F UTURE GOALS C ONCLUSION
4. A. Pon Bharathi , Allan J Wilson, S.
We’ll experiment with various methods, like as Selection of suitable materials for the antenna’s
Arun and M. Kannan ,"Investigations Of
screen printing, to create wearable antenna. substrate, patch and ground are made. The
Microstrip Patch Antenna Using Different
Additionally, we’ll attempt to make the antenna design equations for the rectangular microstrip
Shapes And Inset Feed At 2.45 Gigahertz
biodegradable. patch antenna are obtained.
For Wireless Communications ",Article in
Design Engineering, September 2021