A new design of Circular Meander Microstrip Antenna for on BAN system

Author

Seman, R. ; Ghorbani, K. ; Fang, Q.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., RMIT Univ., Melbourne, VIC, Australia

fYear

2010

fDate

Nov. 30 2010-Dec. 2 2010

Firstpage

5

Lastpage

8

Abstract

In this paper, a new design of Circular Meander Microstrip Antenna (CMMA) is presented to develop wireless communication link between on Body Area Network (BAN), sensor node device and hand held mobile using 402-405 MHz, Medical Implant Communication Service (MICS) frequency band. Computer Simulation Technology (CST) Microwave Studio was used to evaluate the antenna design. CST Microwave Studio is based on the Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) technique. Size reduction techniques such as meandering, addition of shorting pin and using of superstrate were investigated to find a suitable antenna size for on body use in MICS frequency band.

Keywords

body area networks; finite difference time-domain analysis; microstrip antennas; BAN system; MICS frequency band; antenna design; body area network; circular meander microstrip antenna; finite difference time domain technique; hand held mobile; medical implant communication service frequency band; sensor node device; size reduction techniques; wireless communication link; Microstrip; Microstrip antennas; Microwave integrated circuits; Resonant frequency; Skin; Finite Difference Time Domain; MICS Band; Microstrip antenna;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Biomedical Engineering and Sciences (IECBES), 2010 IEEE EMBS Conference on

Conference_Location

Kuala Lumpur

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7599-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECBES.2010.5742188

Filename

5742188