US 12,150,497 B2
Textile transmission line assemblies
Kate Redmond, Baltimore, MD (US); Dan Scheffer, Frederick, MD (US); Sriram Manivannan, Baltimore, MD (US); Keren Espina, Randallstown, MD (US); Ethan Traub, Jessup, MD (US); Jodie Kuo, Jessup, MD (US); and John S Lettow, Washington, DC (US)
Assigned to Vorbeck Materials Corp., Jessup, MD (US)
Filed by Vorbeck Materials Corp., Jessup, MD (US)
Filed on Feb. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/679,070.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/152,523, filed on Feb. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0264965 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/27 (2006.01); A41D 1/00 (2018.01); H04B 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC A41D 1/002 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/273 (2013.01); H04B 13/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A textile transmission line assembly, comprising:
a dielectric spacer that is a textile;
a conductive trace assembly positioned on the dielectric spacer;
a conductive ground assembly positioned on the dielectric spacer opposite the conductive trace assembly;
wherein
the conductive trace assembly comprises a planar conductive strip and a first encapsulating textile layer positioned proximate to and co-aligned with the planar conductive strip, the first encapsulating layer encloses the planar conductive strip on the dielectric spacer or a first textile layer positioned proximate to the dielectric spacer;
the conductive ground assembly comprises a conductive shielding layer and a second encapsulating textile layer positioned proximate to the conductive shielding layer, the second encapsulating layer is co-aligned with the conductive shielding layer, the second encapsulating layer encloses the conductive shielding layer on the dielectric spacer or a second textile layer positioned proximate to the dielectric spacer;
the conductive trace assembly is operatively coupled to the conductive ground assembly;
the conductive trace assembly is co-aligned with the conductive ground assembly; the textile transmission line assembly is planar and flexibly affixes to a textile item;
the planar conductive strip is dielectrically isolated; and
at least one of the first encapsulating layer and the second encapsulating layer are dielectric textiles.