Open Accesse‐Textile embroidered wearable near‐field communication RFID antennas
Author(s) -
Jiang Yutong,
Xu Lulu,
Pan Kewen,
Leng Ting,
Li Yi,
Danoon Laith,
Hu Zhirun
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
iet microwaves, antennas and propagation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.555
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1751-8733
pISSN - 1751-8725
DOI - 10.1049/iet-map.2018.5435
Subject(s) - wearable computer , wireless , textile , near field communication , bandwidth (computing) , wearable technology , electrical engineering , omnidirectional antenna , clothing , computer science , radio frequency identification , engineering , ultra high frequency , antenna (radio) , telecommunications , embedded system , materials science , archaeology , computer security , composite material , history
Wearable e‐textile near‐field communication (NFC) radio‐frequency identification (RFID) antennas fully integrated with garments using embroidery techniques, which enables everyday clothing to become connective to wireless communication systems, is presented. The e‐textile wearable antennas have been designed through full electromagnetic wave simulation based on the electrical properties of conductive threads and textile substrates at the high frequency band, allocated for NFC wireless communications. The e‐textile wearable NFC antenna performance under mechanical bending as well as human body effects have been experimentally studied and evaluated; the antennas can operate under significantly bending angle and body effects attributed to its broad operating bandwidth. This is highly desirable and distinguished to conventional NFC antennas; the proposed e‐textile wearable NFC antennas can be placed almost any place on clothes and still capable to communicate at the desired operating frequency of 13.56 MHz. The maximum read range of the e‐textile wearable NFC tags is measured to be around 5.6 cm, being compatible to typical commercially available metallic NFC tags. The e‐textile wearable NFC tags can lead to numerous potential applications such as information exchange, personal security, health monitoring and Internet of Things.