A novel tunable frequency Dipole-Yagi antenna for wireless body area network (WBAN) applications

Author

Ahyat, E.N. ; Kamarudin, M.R. ; Rahman, T.A. ; Hamid, M.R. ; Jamaluddin, M.H. ; Ramli, N.H. ; Jamlos, M.F. ; Jusoh, M.

Author_Institution

Wireless Commun. Centre (WCC), Univ. Teknol. Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia

fYear

2012

fDate

8-14 July 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

A novel Dipole-Yagi antenna is presented with frequency reconfigurable capability. The novel structure is based from Yagi-Uda antenna, consist of dipole as a main radiator and four parasitic metal strips. The parasitic metal strips can be formed to function as part of the radiator, reflector or director by means of switches. The switches are located at specific position. Four switched band at 0.98, 1.5, 2.1 and 2.5 GHz are demonstrated. Measured and simulated results are presented. Good agreement is observed.

Keywords

UHF antennas; Yagi antenna arrays; body area networks; dipole antennas; WBAN application; Yagi-Uda antenna; frequency 0.98 GHz; frequency 1.5 GHz; frequency 2.1 GHz; frequency 2.5 GHz; frequency reconfigurable capability; parasitic metal strips; tunable frequency dipole-Yagi antenna; wireless body area network application; Antenna measurements; Dipole antennas; Frequency measurement; Metals; Optical switches;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2012 IEEE

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

ISSN

1522-3965

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0461-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2012.6348460

Filename

6348460