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http://dx.doi.org/10.5394/KINPR.2014.38.6.623

A Study on Wearable GPS Antenna Integrated into Garment  

Park, Dong-Kook (Department of Electronic & Communication Engineering, Korea Maritime & Ocean University)
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Journal of Navigation and Port Research / v.38, no.6, 2014 , pp. 623-627 More about this Journal
Abstract
In recent years, wireless communication technologies in human body have received an increasing attention and the research on an antenna that can be worn also has been actively conducted. In this paper, an wearable antenna that can receive GPS signal frequency is proposed. The antenna was manufactured by using a copper polyester fabric with thickness of 0.08mm as a radiator and a ground plate, and a goatskin with thickness of 0.7mm as dielectric substrate. Cutting edges placed in diagonal direction of square patch in order to obtain a circular polarization characteristic, and the conductive cloth and leather was laminated by using a conductive epoxy. First, goatskin dielectric constant was obtained through the simulation and measurement of resonance frequency of the three square patch antennas with different size. On the basis of the results, an antenna operating in the GPS band was designed and the performance of the antenna was validated by making the experiment. The change of the characteristic of the antenna that is located on the shoulder parts of the clothing and wearing person were measured. And it was confirmed that the reception sensitivity has a similar level as compared to the commercially produced ceramic GPS antenna.
Keywords
Wearable antenna; flexible antenna; integrated antenna; GPS antenna; fabric antenna;
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