Embroidered Frequency Selective Surfaces on textiles for wearable applications

An assessment of a Frequency Selective Surface (FSS) for wearable applications is presented. The textile FSS array was created on 0.8 mm thick felt material using a fast and cost effective embroidery technique with conducting threads. This operates at 2 GHz with transmission coefficient lower than 10 dB. The FSS structure was also modelled using commercial simulation tools. This work is towards low-loss textile FSS structures for wearable applications.

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