Flexible Textile Antenna Design with Transparent Conductive Fabric Integrated in OLED for WiMAX Wireless Communication Systems

Soukaina Sekkal , Laurent Canale (1, 2) , Adel Asselman (3)

1 LAPLACE-LM - Lumière et Matière
2 LAPLACE - LAboratoire PLasma et Conversion d'Energie
3 UAE - Abdelmalek Essaadi University [Tétouan] = Université Abdelmalek Essaadi [Tétouan]

A new flexible antenna made entirely from a transparent conductive fabric VeilShield has been designed to be integrated in OLED light sources as well as flexible or rollable displays. It was layered on a 100% polyester support with a thickness of 1.5 mm and achieves a good adaptation and high gain. The simple and flexible patch antenna has been designed to operate at two frequencies bands: the first one operating at 3.15 GHz in S-band and the second operating at 3.5 GHz for WiMAX wireless communication systems. We have evaluated and tested its performances, including the reflection coefficient, the gain, the radiation pattern and the surface current distribution, with gain values of 5.76 dB and 1.66 dB respectively. This article demonstrates the applicability of the material proposed for the design of flexible antennas integrated into OLED light sources while maintaining gain performance comparable to conventional planar antennas.

Mots clés: flexible antenna; OLED; VeilShield; wireless communication; 100% polyester; transparent conductive fabric

Domaines: Science des matériaux [cond-mat.mtrl-sci]; Génie des procédés; Optique / photonique; Energie électrique; Micro et nanotechnologies/Microélectronique

Soukaina Sekkal, Laurent Canale, Adel Asselman. Flexible Textile Antenna Design with Transparent Conductive Fabric Integrated in OLED for WiMAX Wireless Communication Systems. 2020 IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering and 2020 IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Europe (EEEIC / I&CPS Europe), Jun 2020, Madrid, Spain. pp.1-4, ⟨10.1109/EEEIC/ICPSEurope49358.2020.9160757⟩. ⟨hal-02912914⟩