Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
RFID And Adaptive Wireless Sensor Networks (RAWSN), 2015 Third International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Agadir
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-8095-9
DOI :
10.1109/RAWSN.2015.7173279
