Title :
Miniaturised UWB antenna for a Wireless Body Area Network
Author :
Hraga, H.I. ; See, C.H. ; Abd-Alhameed, R.A. ; McEwan, Neil J.
Author_Institution :
Antennas & Appl. Electromagn. Res. Group, Univ. of Bradford, Bradford, UK
Abstract :
A miniaturised modified planar inverted-F UWB antenna with a broadband rectangular feeding structure, for a Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN), is proposed. The antenna is designed to cover a wide frequency range from 3 GHz to 13 GHz. Details of the proposed antenna design and measured results are presented and discussed. To validate the results, a prototype was fabricated and tested. The measured and computed results are in good agreement. The overall size of the antenna including the ground plane is 50 mm × 50 mm × 8 mm, making it suitable to fit into a standard enclosure of a UWB wireless transceiver.
Keywords :
body area networks; planar inverted-F antennas; ultra wideband antennas; UWB wireless transceiver; WBAN; broadband rectangular feeding structure; miniaturised UWB antenna design; miniaturised modified planar inverted F UWB antenna; wireless body area network; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Bandwidth; Microwave antennas; Ultra wideband antennas; UWB antenna; Wireless Body Area Network;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Conference (LAPC), 2012 Loughborough
Conference_Location :
Loughborough
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2218-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2219-5
DOI :
10.1109/LAPC.2012.6402977
