Development of a Fight Load Carrier VHF Body-Borne Antenna System

Abstract

The purpose of this report is to detail the results of a program to develop the flexible conductive textiles for a wearable VHF antenna. The antenna is an electrically small loop that uses electronic circuits distributed throughout its length to achieve better transmitter efficiency. The program also developed methods of attaching and sealing the connections between the textile conductive traces that are used to form the loop antenna and are also used to bring DC bias to the electronic circuit modules. The flexible conductive textile also incorporated fiber optic cable to permit control of the distributed set of electronic modules.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA450206

Entities

People

  • John F. Pedersen
  • Joseph T. Merenda

Organizations

  • BAE Systems Inc.

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Antennas
  • Bandwidth
  • Circuit Boards
  • Circuits
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electrical Circuits
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Electronic Circuits
  • Electronics
  • Field Effect Transistors
  • Frequency Bands
  • Loop Antennas
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Radiation Patterns
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Very High Frequency

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Nanocomposite Materials Science

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics