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. It is also shown that the direction and number of the stitches in the embroidery may influence the performance of the antenna. It is shown that the orientation of the conductive fabric does not influence the performance of the antenna. Seven prototypes of these “emblem” antennas, manufactured by lamination and embroidering techniques are also presented. The E-Caption illustrates the innovative concept of textile antennas that can be manipulated as simple emblems.
This printed antenna is fully integrated, as its dielectric is the textile material composing the coat itself. 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 paper presents the E-Caption: Smart and Sustainable Coat. 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. Messervey Received: 22 April 2016 Accepted: 17 June 2016 Published: 22 June 2016Ībstract: 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. Smart Coat with a Fully-Embedded Textile Antenna for IoT Applications Caroline Loss 1,2,3, *, Ricardo Gonçalves 2,4, Catarina Lopes 1,2, Pedro Pinho 2,5 and Rita Salvado 1 1 2 3 4 5įibEnTech Research Unit, Universidade da Beira Interior, Rua Marquês D’Ávila e Bolama, Covilhã 6201-001, Portugal (C.L.) (R.S.) Instituto de Telecomunicações, Campus Universitário de Santiago, Aveiro 3810-135, Portugal (R.G.) (P.P.) Capes Foundation, Ministry of Education of Brazil, Brasília 70040-020, Brazil Departamento de Eletrónica, Telecomunicações e Informática, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, Aveiro 3810-135, Portugal Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Rua Conselheiro Emílio Navarro, Lisboa 1959-009, Portugal Correspondence: Tel.: +351-275-319-852Īcademic Editors: Stefano Mariani, Dirk Lehmhus, Francesco Ciucci, Alberto Vallan and Thomas B.