Flexible miniaturized UWB CPW Π-shaped slot antenna for wireless body area network (WBAN) applications

Author

Afyf, Amal ; Bellarbi, Larbi ; Riouch, Fatima ; Achour, Anouar ; Errachid, Abdelhamid ; Sennouni, Mohamed Adel

Author_Institution

Higher Nat. Sch. of Tech. Educ. (ENSET/ ENSIAS) Rabat, Electr. Eng. Lab. (LGE), Rabat, Morocco

fYear

2015

fDate

13-15 May 2015

Firstpage

52

Lastpage

56

Abstract

A flexible microstrip antenna printed on a Kapton Polymide substrate, excited by a CPW feed line, and operated in S-band at 3.5GHz, is successfully validated. Unlike previous flexible antennas, this structure offers a very thin thickness (0.16mm) with overall dimensions of 36×25 mm² that assure an easy integration into clothes and wireless body area network (WBAN) systems. Modeling and performance evaluation of the proposed antenna in term of return loss, voltage standing wave ratio, radiation pattern, and current distribution have been carried out using CST-MW STUDIO Software.

Keywords

antenna feeds; antenna radiation patterns; body area networks; coplanar waveguides; microstrip antennas; slot antennas; ultra wideband antennas; CPW feed line; CST-MW STUDIO software; S-band; WBAN; current distribution; flexible microstrip antenna; flexible miniaturized UWB CPW Π-shaped slot antenna; frequency 3.5 GHz; kapton polymide substrate; radiation pattern; return loss; voltage standing wave ratio; wireless body area network; Antennas; Body area networks; Coplanar waveguides; Implants; Military communication; Software; Wireless communication; CST-MW STUDIO; Flexible Microstrip Antenna; Kapton Polymide; S-Band; Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN) Systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

RFID And Adaptive Wireless Sensor Networks (RAWSN), 2015 Third International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Agadir

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-8095-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RAWSN.2015.7173279

Filename

7173279