Title :
Annular ring microstrip antenna for body-worn applications
Author :
Sankaralingam, S. ; Dhar, Sayantan ; Chakraborty, Samik ; Gupta, Bhaskar
Author_Institution :
Dept. of ETCE, Jadavpur Univ., Kolkata, India
Abstract :
The concept of being connected anywhere and everywhere is the main driving force for developing and researching the potential Wireless Body Area Networks operated in WLAN and HiperLAN bands. This paper presents design, development and evaluation of a fully fabric annular ring microstrip antenna suitable for wearable applications in WLAN band. Both simulated and experimental results on the performance characteristics of this antenna are presented.
Keywords :
UHF antennas; body area networks; microstrip antennas; wearable antennas; wireless LAN; WLAN band; body worn applications; fabric annular ring microstrip antenna; frequency 2.4 GHz; wearable applications; wireless body area networks; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Fabrics; Frequency measurement; Microstrip; Microstrip antennas; Resonant frequency; WBAN; Wearable Antennas; annular ring geometry; electrotextiles; microstrip configuration;
Conference_Titel :
India Conference (INDICON), 2010 Annual IEEE
Conference_Location :
Kolkata
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9072-1
DOI :
10.1109/INDCON.2010.5712710
