Title :
Printed monopole UWB antenna with EBG structure for Wireless Body Area Network
Author :
Reghunath, Vijai ; Sukumaran, Shinoj K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. Of ECE, RIT, Kottayam, India
Abstract :
This paper introduces a printed monopole antenna which works in both lower and upper ultra wide-band(UWB) regions. Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN) is a rapidly advancing technology that has a variety of applications in health care and personal entertainment. IEEE Standard 802.15.6 allows us to use UWB as a promising candidate for WBAN. In this paper, mushroom-like electromagnetic band gap (EBG) stucture is used for the band notched design, and it rejects unwanted band ranging from 4.74-6.22 GHz. Antenna shows sufficient impedance bandwidth and nearly omnidirectional radiation characteristics. Specific Absorption Ratio(SAR) is also studied to know the biological effects of the antenna.
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; body area networks; microstrip antennas; monopole antennas; personal area networks; ultra wideband antennas; EBG structure; IEEE Standard 802.15.6; frequency 4.74 GHz to 6.22 GHz; health care; mushroom-like electromagnetic band gap stucture; omnidirectional radiation characteristics; personal entertainment; printed monopole UWB antenna; ultra wide-band regions; wireless body area network; Body area networks; Metamaterials; Periodic structures; Ultra wideband antennas; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; Monopole antenna; UWB antenna; WBAN; electromagnetic-bandgap (EBG) sructures;
Conference_Titel :
Contemporary Computing and Informatics (IC3I), 2014 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Mysore
DOI :
10.1109/IC3I.2014.7019754
