In this paper, a dual-band conductive textile-based wearable antenna operating at LoRa-868 MHz and BLE-2.4 GHz is presented. The proposed antenna is intended for accurate geolocation, tracking and communication applications in the military, industrial and telemedicine industries. The low-profile patch antenna is suitable for integrating into clothing. It is composed of three textile layers: top and bottom silver-ink-printed polystyrene fabrics, and a neoprene substrate. To utilize the flexible and restorable properties of these textile materials, the proposed antenna is directly fed by a flexible cable using an aperture-coupled feeding technique. This method not only eliminates the use of the conventional, bulky, and metallic SMA connector but also introduces a secondary resonance at 2.4 GHz, enabling the dual-band property. Using a thin coaxial cable fixed on the aperture slot for proximity coupling, a compact antenna size of 150 mm2 is obtained that can easily be attached and detached on existing cloths. The proposed structure has been fabricated and measured in an anechoic chamber to verify the performance. Measured gain of 3.28 dBi and 3.25 dBi was realized for LoRa and BLE at an antenna size of 0.61 λg × 0.61 λg × 0.012 λg (where λg is guided wavelength at 868 MHz) with a front-to-back ratio (FBR) of greater than 10 dBi.
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