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Stitched transmission lines for wearable RF devices
Author(s) -
Daniel Isaac H.,
Flint James A.,
Seager Rob
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.30461
Subject(s) - transmission line , conductor , materials science , electromagnetic shielding , microwave , electric power transmission , electrical conductor , thread (computing) , denim , wearable computer , electrical engineering , optoelectronics , acoustics , computer science , mechanical engineering , engineering , telecommunications , embedded system , composite material , physics
A novel stitched transmission line for wearable devices has been manufactured and tested to measure its scattering parameters from 0.04 to 4 GHz. The stitched transmission line which is 150 mm long consists of an inner conductor surrounded by a tubular insulating layer. For shielding purpose, the structure is stitched onto a denim material with a conductive thread with the aid of a novel manufacturing technique using a standard hardware. The S‐Parameters were investigated with three different stitch angles 85 ° , 65 ° , a n d 31 ° through simulation and experiments, demonstrating that the stitched transmission line can work usefully and consistently from 0.04 to 4 GHz. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 59:1048–1052, 2017