A wearable textile dipole for search and rescue application

Authors

Ezzaty Faridah Nor Mohd Hussin, Universiti Malaysia Perlis
Ping J. Soh, Universiti Malaysia Perlis
Mohd Fareq Abdul Malek, University of Wollongong in DubaiFollow
Mohd Jamlos, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Universiti Malaysia Pahang
Muhammad Fauzi, Universiti Malaysia Perlis
Herwansyah Lago, Universiti Malaysia Perlis
Hasliza Rahim, Universiti Malaysia Perlis

RIS ID

114131

Publication Details

Mohd Hussin, E., Soh, P. Jack., AbdulMalek, M., Jamlos, M. Faizal., Fauzi, M. Ameerul Fikrey., Lago, H. & Rahim, H. A. 2016, 'A wearable textile dipole for search and rescue application', 2016 5th International Conference on Electronic Devices, Systems and Applications (ICEDSA), IEEE, United States, pp. 1-4.

Abstract

A wearable textile antenna for search and rescue application is presented in this work. It is designed based on the dipole topology to operate at 406 MHz for the Cospas-Sarsat application and fabricated fully using textile materials. The meanderline miniaturization technique is chosen to compact the proposed dipole due to its expected large size and wavelength at 406 MHz. The antenna evaluated in planar and bent forms indicated satisfactory performance when evaluated in terms of reflection coefficients, gain and radiation patterns.