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

fYear

2012

fDate

12-13 Nov. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LAPC.2012.6402977

Filename

6402977