Smart Coat with a Fully-Embedded Textile Antenna for IoT Applications
The Internet of Things (IoT) scenario is strongly related with the advance of the development of wireless sensor networks (WSN) and radio frequency identification (RFID) systems. Additionally, in the WSN context, for a continuous feed, the integration of textile antennas for energy harvesting into s...
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| author | Caroline Loss Ricardo Gonçalves Catarina Lopes Pedro Pinho Rita Salvado |
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| description | The Internet of Things (IoT) scenario is strongly related with the advance of the development of wireless sensor networks (WSN) and radio frequency identification (RFID) systems. Additionally, in the WSN context, for a continuous feed, the integration of textile antennas for energy harvesting into smart clothing is a particularly interesting solution when the replacement of batteries is not easy to practice, such as in wearable devices. This paper presents the E-Caption: Smart and Sustainable Coat. It has an embedded dual-band textile antenna for electromagnetic energy harvesting, operating at global system for mobile communication (GSM) 900 and digital cellular system (DCS) 1800 bands. This printed antenna is fully integrated, as its dielectric is the textile material composing the coat itself. The E-Caption illustrates the innovative concept of textile antennas that can be manipulated as simple emblems. Seven prototypes of these “emblem” antennas, manufactured by lamination and embroidering techniques are also presented. It is shown that the orientation of the conductive fabric does not influence the performance of the antenna. It is also shown that the direction and number of the stitches in the embroidery may influence the performance of the antenna. Moreover, the comparison of results obtained before and after the integration of the antenna into cloth shows the integration does not affect the behavior of the antenna. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-057929a7ee4f4122a587b6a86a6c1df12022-12-22T04:23:45ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202016-06-0116693810.3390/s16060938s16060938Smart Coat with a Fully-Embedded Textile Antenna for IoT ApplicationsCaroline Loss0Ricardo Gonçalves1Catarina Lopes2Pedro Pinho3Rita Salvado4FibEnTech Research Unit, Universidade da Beira Interior, Rua Marquês D’Ávila e Bolama, Covilhã 6201-001, PortugalInstituto de Telecomunicações, Campus Universitário de Santiago, Aveiro 3810-135, PortugalFibEnTech Research Unit, Universidade da Beira Interior, Rua Marquês D’Ávila e Bolama, Covilhã 6201-001, PortugalInstituto de Telecomunicações, Campus Universitário de Santiago, Aveiro 3810-135, PortugalFibEnTech Research Unit, Universidade da Beira Interior, Rua Marquês D’Ávila e Bolama, Covilhã 6201-001, PortugalThe Internet of Things (IoT) scenario is strongly related with the advance of the development of wireless sensor networks (WSN) and radio frequency identification (RFID) systems. Additionally, in the WSN context, for a continuous feed, the integration of textile antennas for energy harvesting into smart clothing is a particularly interesting solution when the replacement of batteries is not easy to practice, such as in wearable devices. This paper presents the E-Caption: Smart and Sustainable Coat. It has an embedded dual-band textile antenna for electromagnetic energy harvesting, operating at global system for mobile communication (GSM) 900 and digital cellular system (DCS) 1800 bands. This printed antenna is fully integrated, as its dielectric is the textile material composing the coat itself. The E-Caption illustrates the innovative concept of textile antennas that can be manipulated as simple emblems. Seven prototypes of these “emblem” antennas, manufactured by lamination and embroidering techniques are also presented. It is shown that the orientation of the conductive fabric does not influence the performance of the antenna. It is also shown that the direction and number of the stitches in the embroidery may influence the performance of the antenna. Moreover, the comparison of results obtained before and after the integration of the antenna into cloth shows the integration does not affect the behavior of the antenna.http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/16/6/938textile antennaenergy harvestingsmart clothingwearable devices |
| spellingShingle | Caroline Loss Ricardo Gonçalves Catarina Lopes Pedro Pinho Rita Salvado Smart Coat with a Fully-Embedded Textile Antenna for IoT Applications Sensors textile antenna energy harvesting smart clothing wearable devices |
| title | Smart Coat with a Fully-Embedded Textile Antenna for IoT Applications |
| title_full | Smart Coat with a Fully-Embedded Textile Antenna for IoT Applications |
| title_fullStr | Smart Coat with a Fully-Embedded Textile Antenna for IoT Applications |
| title_full_unstemmed | Smart Coat with a Fully-Embedded Textile Antenna for IoT Applications |
| title_short | Smart Coat with a Fully-Embedded Textile Antenna for IoT Applications |
| title_sort | smart coat with a fully embedded textile antenna for iot applications |
| topic | textile antenna energy harvesting smart clothing wearable devices |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/16/6/938 |
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