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A Study on Wearable GPS Antenna Integrated into Garment

의복에 실장되는 웨어러블 GPS 안테나에 대한 연구

  • Park, Dong-Kook (Department of Electronic & Communication Engineering, Korea Maritime & Ocean University)
  • 박동국 (한국해양대학교 전자통신공학과)
  • Received : 2014.10.27
  • Accepted : 2014.11.26
  • Published : 2014.12.31
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Abstract

In recent years, wireless communication technologies in human body have received an increasing attention and the research on an antenna that can be worn also has been actively conducted. In this paper, an wearable antenna that can receive GPS signal frequency is proposed. The antenna was manufactured by using a copper polyester fabric with thickness of 0.08mm as a radiator and a ground plate, and a goatskin with thickness of 0.7mm as dielectric substrate. Cutting edges placed in diagonal direction of square patch in order to obtain a circular polarization characteristic, and the conductive cloth and leather was laminated by using a conductive epoxy. First, goatskin dielectric constant was obtained through the simulation and measurement of resonance frequency of the three square patch antennas with different size. On the basis of the results, an antenna operating in the GPS band was designed and the performance of the antenna was validated by making the experiment. The change of the characteristic of the antenna that is located on the shoulder parts of the clothing and wearing person were measured. And it was confirmed that the reception sensitivity has a similar level as compared to the commercially produced ceramic GPS antenna.

최근에 인체 중심의 무선통신 기술에 대한 관심이 증가하면서 입을 수 있는 안테나에 대한 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 GPS 주파수를 수신할 수 있는 입을 수 있는 안테나를 제안하였다. 두께 0.7mm의 염소가죽을 유전체 기판으로 사용하고, 두께 0.08mm의 구리 폴리에스터 천을 방사체 및 접지판으로 사용하여 안테나를 제작하였다. 원형 편파 특성을 얻기 위해 정사각형의 패치에 대각선 방향에 놓인 모서리를 짤라서 방사체를 만들었고, 도전성 천과 가죽을 에폭시를 사용하여 접착하였다. 먼저 염소가죽의 유전율을 구하기 위해 크기가 다른 3개의 정사각형 패치 안테나를 만들고, 실험 및 시뮬레이션을 통해 염소가죽의 유전상수를 구하였다. 이것을 바탕으로 GPS 대역에서 동작하는 안테나를 설계하고, 제작하여 실험을 통해 안테나의 성능을 검증하였다. 옷의 어깨 부분에 설치하여, 사람이 입고 측정하여 특성의 변화를 실험하였고, 상용 세라믹 GPS 안테나와 수신 감도 특성을 비교하여 제작된 안테나가 비슷한 수준의 감도를 갖고 있음을 확인하였다.

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